New College Berkeley – Center for Advanced Christian Studies
A Christian Study Center next to the University of California Berkeley, and a Center of distinction of the Graduate Theological Union
NCB, a long-standing center for Christian studies, bears the motto "Let us Walk in Newness of Life." Since its founding in 1977 NCB has served undergraduates, graduate students, and lifelong learners with wide-ranging courses, conferences, seminars, lectures, and retreats aimed at renewing minds, deepening faith, and shaping vocation.
The Enneagram for Influencers
April 2019 blog by Brian Kay
Please join us on May 11 for a workshop led by Dr. Kay: The Enneagram for Influencers—A Faith & Work Forum, 9 am-1 pm, First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley ($15 fee; free for students). This forum is not a repeat of the Fall 2018 enneagram workshop. All are welcome!
Allow me to propose this unscientific experiment: If you’d like to know what intellectual and emotional pre-occupations the influencers of our culture are currently wrestling with, find a brick-and-mortar bookstore that sells only new books, then do a slow walk through the business and psychology sections.
Abundant Grace
Thanksgiving 2018 blog by Susan Phillips
A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing food from the first fruits to the man of God: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Elisha said, “Give it to the people and let them eat.” 43 But his servant said, “How can I set this before a hundred people?” So he repeated, “Give it to the people and let them eat, for thus says the Lord, ‘They shall eat and have some left.’” 44 He set it before them, they ate, and had some left, according to the word of the Lord. —2 Kings 4:42-44 (NRSV)
SPRING 2019 PROGRAMS
Registration is open for Spring 2019 programs! Find course descriptions, registration and payment information here. Please join us!
FAll 2019 programs
Registration is now open for Fall 2019 Programs. Find course descriptions, registration and payment information here. Please join us!
Winter 2018 Programs
Thank you for joining us for our Winter 2018 Programs!
New! Berkeley Palmer Lectureship
Leading edge biblical scholarship. Inaugural lecture on May 5, 2018––"The Temptation To Be Less Than Human"––Help us launch!
40 Years of ministry
Thank you for celebrating with us!
Read a reflection on the evening by Board Member Phil Stillman HERE.
A slideshow of NCB’s history is HERE.
Photographs from the 40th Anniversary Gala are HERE.
A video of the event is HERE.
Our 40th anniversary celebration theme was “Now is the time—for faith, wisdom, and impact.” More than ever before, it is time for this “new college” for advanced Christian studies! Increasingly our faith is countercultural. How will we navigate the political, cultural, technological, and interpersonal challenges of our time if we are not fiercely committed to knowing God and following Christ?
Thank you for your partnership with New College Berkeley!