Its activities include facilitating cross-registration and library access among the member schools and supporting certificate programs and student-led conferences.

[1] The BTI is led by Stephanie Edwards, who has served as executive director since the summer of 2020, and by a board of trustees that represent its member schools.

[4] On January 1, 2011, the BTI became a multifaith organization when Hebrew College joined the coalition.

[4] The Boston University Graduate Program in Religion became a member institution in 2020.

[6] Meanwhile, the Episcopal Divinity School ended its membership in the BTI after the closure of its Cambridge, Massachusetts campus, as did Andover Newton Theological School after its Newton, Massachusetts campus closed.