Lifelong Learning Opportunities

Engage Spiritually and Intellectually with BTI Member Schools

The lifelong learning departments of BTI Consortium member schools offer a variety of credit and noncredit programs—available live, online, and hybrid—for anyone interested in studying. Explore these programs through the links below. The BTI occasionally offers its own lifelong learning opportunities, which are open to students, faculty, and the public. Recordings of these sessions can be found on our YouTube Channel.

Member School Lifelong Learning Programs

  • Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry

    BC STM offers a number of continuing education programs, lectures, and events that are free and open to the public. The online Crossroads program offers courses, certificate programs, and other resources. Members of the public are invited to audit courses or apply to one of several certificate programs.  

  • Boston University School of Theology

    BU’s School of Theology offers a breadth of opportunities for lifelong learning ranging from Online Mini-Courses and the Continuing Scholar Program to seminars and free lecture events. Check out their Lifelong Learning page for more information.  Many of BU's programs  require no previous experience or education and are free and open to the public.

  • Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

    GCTS offers distance learning through their online degree program and certificate programs. Auditing may be available for non-degree candidates. GCTS also offers a number of lectures and podcasts, free to the public, through their channel on iTunes U.  

  • Hartford Seminary

    Hartford Seminary offers a variety of opportunities including Leadership Certificates and Graduate Certificates. They also have options for Online Learning that allows for some masters degrees to be offered completely online.

  • Harvard Divinity School

    Harvard Divinity School’s programs include the Special Students program, which allows non-degree students to take classes for credit, and the Ministers in the Vicinity program, which is open to clergy, chaplains, and ministers of all faiths. HDS also invites members of the public to audit courses.   

  • Hebrew College

    Hebrew College offers many opportunities for Community and Adult Learning. The Eser program is an informal discussion group for young adults in their 20s and 30s, and the Meah program offers intensive adult learning on Jewish texts, history, and culture. HC’s Parenting Through a Jewish Lens program includes discussion groups for parents from all backgrounds, including interfaith and LGBT couples.  

  • Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

    HCHC offers a Diaconate Program for those who wish to serve the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America as deacons. 

  • Saint John’s Seminary

    Through its lay arm, the Theological Institute, SJS offers Formation programs for Laity and Deacons, as well as those who may be interested in the Religious vocation. 

Annual Interreligious Fall & Spring Observances

Join our wider Boston-area community to delve into the seasons through interreligious ritual and shared space. We hold a "Harvest & Hospitality" event hosted at Hebrew College under the Sukkah, and each Spring we gather for an observance in a local faith community on the theme of “Feasting and Fasting.” Please sign up for the newsletter for more details on each season's gathering!