Duke Chapel Releases “Bridging” Strategic Plan
Duke Chapel has released a new strategic plan articulating its vision, mission, values and goals. The plan is called “Bridging Faith and Learning” and describes how the chapel embodies Duke University's motto eruditio et religio.
“This strategic plan is the Chapel’s response to the current state of faith on Duke’s campus, and it is also a prayer,” Chapel Dean Luke Powery says in the preface. “Through mutual listening, connection, and care, may the people of Duke, Durham, and beyond be blessed by Duke Chapel’s intentional hospitality, and invited into a beloved community of both contemplation and action.”
The document explores the six values of the chapel: hospitality, care, ecumenism, integrative education, creativity and communication. A goal and strategies accompany each of the values.
Highlighting the ancient Latin term, pontifex (bridge-builder), the plan is meant to guide the chapel’s work and communicate its identity to constituents on campus, in the community and in the church.