Our graduates have moved into careers in ministry, education, the arts, non-profit leadership, business, law, healthcare, counseling, chaplaincy, communications, missionary work, worship leadership, and social work.
As students are transformed by their encounters in our classes, they also develop the skills employers across all industries today are seeking: clear and persuasive written and oral communication; the capacity to see issues from multiple perspectives; the ability to listen with empathy and curiosity; the emotional intelligence to work well in teams; the creativity to solve complex problems; and the patience and attention needed for deep literacy and conceptual analysis.
"I graduated from Belmont University with a major in Religion and the Arts and a minor in English Writing. During my time in Belmont's School of Theology & Christian Ministry, I was challenged and supported by professors like Dr. McAbee and Dr. Guthrie, who encouraged me to pursue my passions while still a student. My work with people experiencing homelessness began in high school, and during my sophomore year at Belmont, I initiated “Community Arts Days” at Room In The Inn (RITI), a local homeless services nonprofit. My mentors in the School of Theology & Christian Ministry were instrumental in shaping my journey, and many of my former professors continue to support the work of RITI and Daybreak Arts, an organization we launched that empowers artists impacted by homelessness in Nashville."
“The School of Theology & Christian Ministry took my earnest yet shallow understanding of what it meant to follow the way of Jesus and gave it depth and shape. I first began to see teaching - as well as other embodied and practical endeavors - as a vocational response to God's design for the world because of professors like Dr. Steve Guthrie, Dr. Donovan McAbee, and Dr. Andy Watts. They challenged my dualistic theology of sacred and secular, exposing me both to historic Christian thought on what it means to be a creator of beauty in God's world and the current inequalities that order our nation. My experience at Belmont propelled me into some of the most disinvested neighborhoods in our country, yet grounded me in an understanding of a God who cultivates beauty in the ruins and chooses "what is low and despised in the world to bring to nothing things that are." 
