Summary
Organization name
Brite Divinity School
Causes
Education - Higher Ed
Operating Budget
$3,000,000 - $9,999,999
Counties Served
Tarrant
BIPOC Leadership
Board Chair
Address
TCU Box 298130Fort Worth, TX 76129
About
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Brite Divinity School pursues “A world transformed by God’s love, mercy, and justice.”
Scriptures reveal a faithful God whose love is quick to show mercy and to repair the injustices so many face. This good news lies at the heart of what Brite does, educating leaders to proclaim God’s abundant love and mercy and to guide people to justice, following in the footsteps of Jesus.
Striving to be as wide as God’s love, Brite nurtures an ecumenical and open spirit. We believe that Jesus welcomes everyone to his table, so we in turn welcome all. Brite’s student body is diverse in every way, affording fellowship and classroom interactions that will prepare our students for the complex world they will serve. Such an ecumenical and open spirit lies at the heart of Brite’s identity.
Your support of Brite Divinity School enables our students to answer their calls to ministry and enables Brite to serve as a resource to congregations and the broader world. Thanks to you, Brite can prepare leaders who will guide and renew God’s world and church. Thanks to you, the world will experience better God’s love, mercy, and justice.
Mission
Brite Divinity School educates and inspires people to serve God's diverse world as leaders in churches, the academy and public life.
Needs
Gifts to the Brite Fund are immediately put to work enhancing the lives of students and faculty by supporting Brite’s greatest needs each year.
Equity Statement
Brite Divinity School is an institution that values diversity and challenges structures that intentionally or unintentionally encourage discrimination. As such, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, social class, age, disability status, citizenship status, membership or application for membership in a uniformed service, or any other category protected by applicable law. Where there are discrepancies with Federal and State policies, they supersede Brite’s policies.
In this excerpt from his Lenten meditation, President Cady reminds us of Brite’s calling as a Christian institution.
“To be clear, we have non-Christian students (and faculty) from diverse faith backgrounds and no faith background at all. We welcome them not in spite of being Christian, but precisely because of it. In other words, our emphasis on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as an institution is not some fleeting response to the fickle winds of societal change, but rather our commitment to the fundamental call of the gospel, which is to love—not some people, but all people...
Will there be negative consequences for holding closely to our Christian commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion? Possibly. But to paraphrase Mark’s gospel, what does it profit an institution to gain the world and lose its soul?”
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Fort Worth, TX 76129