2025 Impact Report
THE CENTER FOR PASTOR THEOLOGIANS
Forming pastor theologians to shepherd the church in our complex world.
New
Initiatives:
Eight new Local Theologian Cohorts
Introducing church leaders around the country to what it means to be a pastor theologian
Two new Learning Cohorts
Equipping pastors and ministry leaders to engage complex topics relevant for church ministry
Dinner and Discussion events
Connecting local pastors with experts to discuss ministry challenges facing churches today
Fiscal Year 2025 in
NUMBERS:
380 Conference Attendees
Our September 2024 conference “Kingdom Politics” sought to help Christian leaders and laypeople think theologically about politics.
50 Podcast Episodes
Our most listened-to episode in 2025 was “Reading Scripture Faithfully” with Kevin Vanhoozer.
796 total Pastor Theologians served
115 in Fellows Program
137 in Local Theologian Cohorts
118 in Student Theologian Cohorts
32 in Learning Cohorts
25 Fellowship Gatherings hosted
From the President:
The world is desperate for a healthy church that is led by healthy pastors. We long for a church that is rooted in Christ and bearing good fruit. Today, we are far from this reality. The church is marked by declining attendance, polarization, and young people leaving the faith.
To serve the church, over the past 15 years, CPT has gathered a network of mature, wise, and humble shepherds from across evangelicalism who are committed to discipling the church to maturity in Christ. We invite you to join this movement for renewing the church.
-Joel Lawrence
“In our wild and wooly world there is a need for serious thinking like is being done at the Center for Pastor Theologians.
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Faculty Books
28 books written by 23 Fellows this year
“This book was influenced by CPT because it was here that I began to appreciate the local church as a distinctive reading culture for reading Scripture in ways different from how we learn to read it in the academy.”
Looking AHEAD:
10th Anniversary Conference
Good Shepherds: Pastoral Identity and the Future of the Church
Senior Fellows Symposium
New in 2026
Thriving Congregations Cohort
New in 2026
22 New Local Theologian Cohorts
Increasing from18 to 40