Educating Leaders with
COURAGEOUS
Imagination
What’s New at Iliff
New Faculty Announcement
Iliff School of Theology is pleased to welcome two new faculty members to our team. Rev. Candice NunnTelfort and George Schmidt. Both will start on June 1, 2026.
Where are they now: Death Care Collective
One of the most creative parts of the work of the Foundations of Death Care training program is helping the students find a place to begin to put what they are learning, experiencing and anticipating into practice.
A Reflection on the Memorial Gathering
On October 24, 2025, the Iliff School of Theology hosted a Memorial Site Ground Blessing Ceremony led by Lenape Elders from across the U.S. and Canada that gathered guests from the Denver community and nearby Native American Reservations.
Evergreen High School: Statement from President Butler
Our hearts, once again, have been torn due to another act of violence perpetrated by a teenager who expressed his rage outwardly against classmates and inwardly against himself. The action of Desmond Holly at Evergreen High School has been wrapped in the language of “radicalization” and “extremism” while increasingly being interpreted through the lens of the 1999 Columbine High School Massacre.
Statement from President Butler
Juneteenth, a combination of June and the 19th day of the month, commemorates and celebrates the end of the War Between the States and the total emancipation of enslaved Africans in America.
Congratulations to Iliff’s 2025 Grads!
Over 300 people joined us in person and online to celebrate our 2025 Iliff Graduates! There were tears, laughs, and lots of cheering as our graduates officially became alumni/ae!
Introducing TIER
Graduate Theological Education for Everyday People
TIER offers theological education to the public outside of a traditional degree program. Our fully online, 3-week intensives allow you to build study into your weekly schedule. Our summer series begins June 10th.
DEGREE PROGRAMS
Doctor of Ministry in Prophetic Leadership
The Doctor of Ministry in Prophetic Leadership is designed for leaders with extensive experiences in various contexts who want to further refine their competencies and intersectional leadership skills in the contexts of culturally diverse congregations, organizations, and communities.
Master of Arts in Social Justice and Ethics
The MASJE is a two-year professional degree that helps people engage a complex interdisciplinary analysis of historical and contemporary social change strategies and movements.
Master of Divinity
The M.Div. is a three-year master’s degree that is designed to help people enhance and develop inclusive and justice-oriented ministries in the 21st century. It is the primary degree designed for people pursuing ordained and specialized ministries in congregational, chaplaincy, non-profit and other various contexts.
ILIFF YOUR WAY
Online
Remain in your home community while you study your topics of interest in depth using our interactive online platform on your schedule.
On Campus
Our traditional residential programs allow you to study in Denver on our historic campus in small classes.
Hybrid
Our Journey program is a comprehensive graduate degree that combines the flexibility to stay rooted in your home community and the richness of on-campus learning opportunities.
Black feminist decolonial scholar
Dr. April Mack
April Mack is the Assistant Professor of Religion and Social Justice and the Director of the Master of Social Justice and Ethics Program at Iliff School of Theology.
Dr. Mack describes herself as a Black feminist decolonial scholar and theo-ethicist concerned with ethics related to complex social issues, structural inequality, and wholistic justice and flourishing for Black Americans. Her research focuses on the development of postcolonial womanist theo-ethical discourse within Womanist Ethics. Dr. Mack’s other research interests
include African Americans and Public Policy, Christian Social Ethics, and religious violence.Her signature course on religious violence is called God, Religion, and Violence.