Microcredentialing Opportunity NBTS is pursuing microcredentialing through a planning grant, signaling openness to stackable credentials and flexible clergy education. This creates an opportunity to offer a turnkey microcredentialing platform with curriculum authoring, competency based assessments, digital badge issuance, and seamless integration with Blackbaud for donor and program management. A pilot with the STAR program and partner churches could validate a scalable solution for continuing education.

Fundraising & Engagement NBTS uses Blackbaud for fundraising and is actively developing education programs, suggesting room to strengthen donor analytics, segmentation, and automated campaigns. Integrating Akero with Blackbaud can power targeted outreach for STAR pathways, the WELL program, and scholarly publishing projects, supporting recurring giving and grant solicitation.

Publishing & Content NBTS publishes scholarly work and develops contextual curricula, signaling ongoing needs to manage, license, and distribute content. A publishing and content licensing solution connected to ProQuest and the NBTS ecosystem could enable institutional hosting of courses, digital textbooks, and licensed curricula for other seminaries and churches, creating new revenue streams and broader reach.

Wellness & Support The WELL program demonstrates NBTS focus on pastor wellbeing; this opens opportunities for a wellbeing and resilience platform for seminarians and staff, including counseling partnerships, wellness training modules, and mindfulness content delivered through the existing LMS, aligned with their justice and spiritual mission.

Online Learning & Security NBTS emphasizes a flexible academic schedule and diverse community, making it well suited to expand online and asynchronous learning. A modern learning environment with secure delivery, including Fortra driven security, can support mobile friendly courses, assessments, and credential issuance while leveraging oEmbed for media and ProQuest for research materials.