Continuing Education for Clergy

CEUs that go
where most
programs won't.

Designed for clergy, chaplains, lay leaders, organizers, and advocates on the front lines. New CEU courses on interfaith collaboration, social justice, and community organizing — priced so local leaders can actually participate.

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Why this program

CEUs that actually challenge you.

Most continuing education programs for clergy operate within a single tradition, avoid politically sensitive ground, and leave interfaith dialogue as an afterthought. We built something different.

The Center's continuing education program centers what most programs sidestep: the intersection of faith, race, justice, and human dignity across traditions. It's rigorous, grounded in scholarship, and built for leaders who want to serve their communities with depth and courage.

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Genuinely interfaith
Most CEU programs are built within a single tradition. Ours draws clergy across Christian, Jewish, Muslim, and humanist traditions into the same learning space — because that's where the real conversations happen.
2
Justice-centered curriculum
We don't treat social justice as a supplemental module. It is the curriculum. Every course is built around the moral imagination required to lead communities through this moment in history.
3
Rooted in New Orleans
New Orleans is one of the most theologically rich and justice-tested cities in the country. Learning here — alongside community members and practitioners — changes how clergy engage their own contexts.
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Voices typically left out
Our curriculum centers Black, feminist, queer, Latin American, and postcolonial theological voices — not as a sidebar, but as primary sources for understanding what faithful leadership looks like today.
Current Course

Theologies of Liberation: An Overview

Emerging voices. Enduring questions. Essential learning.

This course introduces participants to the emergence of liberation theologies in the 20th century, focusing on Black, feminist, queer, Latin American, and postcolonial theological developments. Participants will explore the histories of these movements, their key voices, and how they continue to shape faith communities and pastoral leadership today.

Whether you're deepening your theological education, preparing to lead harder conversations in your congregation, or simply hungry for perspectives that most seminaries underemphasized — this course meets you there.

Format Online & accessible — details provided upon enrollment
Who Ordained clergy, lay leaders, and seminarians of all traditions
Cost $100 per course — priced so local leaders and clergy can participate
Duration 2–4 week courses, online modules and cohort options
Faculty Seasoned organizers, theologians, and movement chaplains
Topics Covered
  • The emergence and history of liberation theology in the 20th century
  • Black theology and the tradition of prophetic resistance
  • Feminist theology and gender justice in faith communities
  • Queer theology and LGBTQ+ inclusion in sacred spaces
  • Latin American liberation theology and the preferential option for the poor
  • Postcolonial theology and the legacy of empire in Christian tradition
  • Key voices and thinkers across each movement
  • Application to contemporary pastoral leadership and congregational life
$100 per course

High-quality, justice-centered CEUs — priced so local leaders can participate.

Most continuing education costs hundreds of dollars per credit hour, putting it out of reach for the leaders doing the most important community work. We set our pricing intentionally — $100 per course — because we believe access to rigorous theological education shouldn't be a luxury.

Scholarship support is available. Contact us at center@stcharlesave.center to learn more.

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Who it's for

Built for leaders ready to go deeper.

This program is designed for the people doing the hardest work in faith communities — those who need their continuing education to match the complexity of what they face every day.

Clergy & Chaplains
Ordained ministers and chaplains of all traditions — Christian, Jewish, Muslim, humanist — seeking continuing education that engages real theological substance across denominational lines.
Lay Leaders & Organizers
Lay leaders, deacons, community organizers, and ministry directors who carry significant pastoral and civic responsibility and want to lead with deeper theological grounding.
Advocates on the Front Lines
Faith-rooted advocates, nonprofit leaders, and movement workers whose daily work is shaped by spiritual conviction and who want CEUs that reflect that reality.

Every social justice movement in the United States has been infused with the energy of faith leaders who ignite our moral imagination and connect us with our ability to re-create the world around us.

Valerie Kaur

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Space is limited and we admit on a rolling basis. Fill out the short interest form and we'll be in touch with next steps, pricing, and scheduling information.

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