Upcoming Events

UMEA Endorsed Community 2024 Retreat

November 13 - November 16

We are pleased to announce our 2024 UMEA Endorsed Community Retreat will be held November 13-16 in Lake Junaluska, NC. The theme is Advising Leadership: How to Inspire and Influence Change. The retreat begins with check-in and a welcome dinner at 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 13 and ends at 11 a.m. EST on Saturday, November ...

Latest News

  • GBHEM Awards Nine Grants to Expand Minority Leadership

    GBHEM Awards Nine Grants to Expand Minority Leadership

    Published On: August 15, 2019

    The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) awarded nine Ethnic-in-Service Training (EIST) Grants this summer. Offered in sums up to $10,000, EIST grants help United Methodist institutions and their surrounding communities recruit, train and support ethnic persons for leadership roles throughout the church and the world. This year’s...

  • In Memoriam: Dr. Julius S. Scott, Jr.

    In Memoriam: Dr. Julius S. Scott, Jr.

    Published On: August 8, 2019

    Dr. Julius S. Scott, Jr. Photo courtesy of Paine College. On August 1, the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) said goodbye to another longtime member of its education family. Dr. Julius S. Scott, Jr., the agency’s former associate general secretary for the Division of Higher Education, passed...

  • In Memoriam: Rev. Dr. F. Thomas Trotter

    In Memoriam: Rev. Dr. F. Thomas Trotter

    Published On: August 1, 2019

    Rev. Dr. F. Thomas Trotter. Photo courtesy of Claremont School of Theology. Rev. Dr. F. Thomas Trotter, the former general secretary of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM), died peacefully on July 26, 2019 at the age of 93. Trotter was known as a visionary leader throughout...