Winebrenner Theological Seminary

06/12/2026

In this week's InDepth, President Brent Sleasman, PhD, continues his reflections on young adults, belonging, and formation in the digital age.

Returning from the inaugural Young Adult Weekend Camp at Camp Sonrise Mountain (Allegheny Regional Conference,) President Sleasman offers these reflections:

"Programs alone are insufficient. Information alone is insufficient. Young adults are not merely looking for content to consume; they are looking for people who will know them, walk alongside them, and create spaces where they can belong. In many ways, discipleship today requires recovering practices of presence in a culture dominated by distraction."

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06/01/2026

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Winebrenner Theological Seminary

05/28/2026

"Enrollment still matters. Stewardship and planning still matter. But the deeper priority involves walking alongside people."

In this week's InDepth, WTS President Dr. Brent Sleasman continues his series on cultivating fresh expressions of theological education.

This week, Dr. Sleasman focuses on the "ecosystem" of theological education. This includes churches, ministry organizations, counseling centers, camps, denominational networks, and countless other expressions of kingdom activity.

Seminaries do not stand apart from that mission.
We participate within it.

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05/19/2026

In this week's InDepth, Dr. Brent Sleasman continues his series on fresh expressions of theological education:

"If theological education exists to cultivate faithful leaders for God’s kingdom, then our measurements should help illuminate that work rather than reduce it to the easiest items to quantify," he writes.

"That may require a broader imagination. It may also require the courage to acknowledge that some of the most important realities within theological education resist easy measurement altogether. And perhaps recognizing that limitation is itself part of wisdom."

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05/12/2026

In today's InDepth, President Brent Sleasman continues his series on what happens when we begin reexamining the assumptions that quietly shape our educational systems.

One of those assumptions involves grades. For generations, grades have functioned as one of the central currencies of education. Grades help sort students, express achievement, determine eligibility, and often become shorthand for intelligence, effort, or potential. Entire systems have been built around their distribution and interpretation.

But what happens if the goal shifts? What happens if the primary question centers on whether the learner can demonstrate understanding and application? In an outcome-based framework, grades begin to function differently.

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05/05/2026

A new trimester at Winebrenner has officially begun! In today's InDepth, President Brent Sleasman asks: what if traditional measures of student success, while useful, are not sufficient?

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https://winebrenner.edu/2026/05/04/cultivating-fresh-expressions-of-theological-education-from-inputs-to-outcomes/

04/29/2026

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04/20/2026

In this week's InDepth, President Brent Sleasman continues his series on cultivating fresh expressions of theological education.

What can it look like for theological institutions to move toward a more integrated understanding of formation—one that accounts not only for time spent, but for depth of engagement, context of ministry, and evidence of transformation?

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https://winebrenner.edu/2026/04/20/cultivating-fresh-expressions-of-theological-education-what-the-credit-hour-cant-measure/

04/13/2026

In this week's InDepth, President Brent Sleasman continues his reflection on our recent collaboration with the Churches of God, General Conference Administrative Council for a time of intentionality, asking, and listening.

"There are limits to our knowledge and we must be humble enough to ask to learn the things we don’t know," Dr. Sleasman writes. "And, if we ask, we must actually listen to the answers."

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https://winebrenner.edu/2026/04/06/voices-of-collaborators-intentionality-asking-listening/

03/31/2026

Better together! We loved hosting the Churches of God, General Conference Administrative Council last week for days filled with fellowship, thought-provoking sessions, and strategic planning for the future of the Church⛪

Read more about this time of collaboration with the link below! 👇🏻

https://winebrenner.edu/2026/03/30/listening-to-the-voices-of-collaborators-churches-of-god-general-conference/