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What’s New at Iliff
Iliff Preaching Conference Sept. 15-17
Join us at Iliff on September 15-17, 2026, for a three-day preaching conference for pastors, worship leaders, and community organizers. This gathering is designed for those seeking to proclaim the gospel faithfully, while working in a complex context: between pulpit and public life, worship and witness, theological reflection, and embodied practice.
Statement from President Butler – Rededication 250
On Memorial Day, 2026, I am remembering four great-uncles, all sons of the same father and mother, all Christian men, all honorably discharged US combat veterans of WWII. If they were alive today to respond to a call to rededicate themselves, what would their stated pledge be?
Iliff President Rev. Dr. Lee Butler to be Guest Pastor at First Baptist Church of Denver
Rev. Dr. Butler will be serving as the guest pastor at First Baptist Church of Denver, marking the anniversary of Dr. King’s speaking at the church on April 17, 1962.
Religion and the Arts in Italy Trip
Are you interest in a Religion and the Arts in Italy Trip?
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.
Iliff Welcomes Dr. Lisa Dellinger as Returing Tinker Visiting Professorship and Student Mentoring
Dr. Dellinger is the 2026 Tinker Visiting Professor. She is a resident of Oklahoma and a registered Chickasaw. A theologian and scholar, Dr. Dellinger was most recently a visiting faculty member at Philips Theological Seminary.
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.