Faith-Centered Programs in Action
The Office for University Missional Initiatives connects, equips and strengthens programs across campus which nurture engagement with Belmont’s ecumenical, Christ-centered identity, mission and SOUL framework. This work is catalyzed by four collaborating offices and a variety of initiatives and programming.
Office of Hope, Unity, and Belonging (The HUB)
Programs and initiatives include:
Unlikely Friends
Unlikely Friends helps us navigate difficult conversations with family, friends, strangers, and peers. Through meaningful dialogue, reflection, and sharing meals together, students learn practical tools to communicate with respect and empathy — even when perspectives differ. The program encourages you to explore how your own story shapes the way you see the world while creating space to connect with others through curiosity, understanding, and community.
The Biblical Roots of Cultural Wellness
The Biblical Roots of Cultural Wellness highlights how Christian scripture calls us to honor human dignity, practice hospitality, pursue justice, and live in reconciled community across differences. This initiative connects faith and practice by grounding cultural awareness and belonging work in biblical principles that support flourishing for every person.
Mentorship Programming (Flourishing Together)
The HUB partners with campus units through the Flourishing Together Task Force to build coordinated mentoring networks that connect students with faculty, staff, alumni, and peer leaders who support their academic, spiritual, personal, and professional growth. Through cross-campus collaborations, mentoring becomes a shared responsibility that strengthens belonging, increases student success, and deepens community across the university.
Affinity Month Programming
The HUB works collaboratively with campus partners to lead and support affinity month programming that educates, celebrates and amplifies the histories and contributions of diverse communities, grounded in our Christian commitment to dignity, love and respect for all people. Through coordinated campus-wide events and experiences, these observances foster belonging, cultural understanding and shared learning across the university community.
University Ministries
Programs and initiatives include:
University-Wide Worship
Campus-wide worship services are held twice a year and feature a mass choir consisting of student, faculty and staff participant amidst an opportunity to have a powerful, shared service of worship for the entire Belmont community.
Morning Worship
Weekly worship services offer students, faculty and staff a time to connect in a traditional liturgical format that typically includes a call to worship, hymns/songs, Scripture, meditation, prayers of the people and benediction.
Mid-Day Prayer
Held on Tuesday and Thursdays at 12:30 p.m., Mid-Day prayer is a beautiful, contemplative reset where students, faculty and staff can join together for reflection and renewal.
Spiritual Formation Groups
Each month, in close partnership with the Belmont Formation Collaborative, University Ministries sponsors several spiritual formation groups designed for students, staff, and faculty. These groups engage with compelling readings that explore key themes connected to our SOUL framework.
Belmont on Mission Global & Local
Belmont on Mission aims to empower and equip students to engage with communities near and far in service, seeking to provide spiritually significant, vocationally relevant and sustainable opportunities for our students to do so in middle Tennessee, around the country and across the world.
Office of Church Relations and Faith-Based Initiatives
Programs and initiatives include:
Strategic Church Partnerships
Seeking to connect Belmont’s Christ-centered mission with external community partners, the office engages with Hispanic, Asian, African-American, multicultural and Anglo congregations through on-campus events, student connections and pastor involvement.
Service-Oriented Initiatives
The office works alongside the Belmont Foster Care Team in its efforts to make Belmont the first Christ-centered “fosterfriendly university” by supporting foster parents and students aging out of care, plus broader efforts that integrate faith with service, community support and hospitality.
Christ-Centered Learning & Formation
The office catalyzes Christ-Centered Learning Mentors/Groups (“train the trainers” model), interdisciplinary faculty cohorts, chapel speakers and workshops designed to integrate faith into teaching and learning across all colleges.
Prayer, Worship and Spiritual Life Practices on Campus
Dedicated prayer spaces, monthly Prayer & Pastries gatherings and biblically themed art exhibitions support individual and community spiritual growth.
The Rev. Charlie Curb Center for Faith Leadership
Programs and initiatives include:
Events, Exhibits & Public Conversations
The Center hosts public programming such as Moments That Matter (video reflections), traveling and thematic events, and special exhibits. These initiatives extend Belmont’s mission by offering cultural, spiritual and ethical engagement on important issues for the campus and broader community.
Special Initiatives
The Center houses major initiatives such as the Jesus Worldview Initiative, which promotes following Jesus as the central priority of Christian faith through presentations, retreats, publications and teaching resources.
Developing and Equipping Faith Leaders
The Center provides a wide suite of leadership development programs, workshops, webinars and thematic studies to equip faith and church leaders for relevant, relational and missiontrue leadership.
Fostering Interfaith Dialogue
Through the Office of Jewish Dialogue & Discovery, the Center creates shared learning environments to deepen mutual understanding and collaboration between Jewish and Christian communities in Nashville and beyond.