April 3, 2018
The Office of Clergy Lifelong Learning at the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) began a partnership with Huree University in 2016. Since this time, both organizations have looked for ways to expand the partnership in providing quality Methodist education. Six U.S.-based local pastors traveled to Huree University in fall 2017 to connect with the Southeast Asia and...
March 7, 2017
At 72-years-old, Edward “Ed” Stephenson may not be the typical Course of Study (COS) candidate. However, Ed made a commitment to complete the program and has remained true to his commitment. In 2011, Ed entered into the COS program at Duke Divinity School. His journey to Duke began when he was a young boy. “I saw the chapel at Duke...
May 4, 2023
Preparing to serve Christ as ordained United Methodist leaders is sacred work within oneself and in community. Upon responding to the call, leaders need grounding from which new seeds will be planted and bear fruit. Each clergyperson may face issues they never expected in the congregations and communities they serve. That’s why sound theological education is crucial from the start,...
March 28, 2018
The Publishing Office of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM), the leadership development agency of The United Methodist Church, announced the release of a new book, “The Life to Come: Re-Creating Retirement” by Steven M. Tipton with foreword by Martin E. Marty. According to Tipton, retirement not only offers a time to travel and have fun—but it...
May 7, 2019
God tells us to “Go!” So let’s do it! Nothing holds us back. God’s mission for us and our churches is more exciting and rewarding than we can possibly imagine. This book gives tactics to get your church moving forward in mission by looking at biblical passages where God commands us to “Go!” God calls us to break stereotypes and...
May 7, 2019
God is when everything else is not. What shall we do if God is not our friend? Looking for God is intensely personal and yielding to God is often surprising. Fisher says, “Confronting the genuine joys we experience and the agony and sorrows we endure, we reach out to connect our lives with a source of meaning, an object of...
June 15, 2020
2017-2020 Study of Ministry Commission Report - Korean Version
January 12, 2017
Every two years, college students, collegiate ministers, and church leaders gather for the Imagine What’s NEXT conference. While Imagine What’s NEXT is one event, on a broader scale, NEXT is a community of United Methodist students, friends and leaders who are called to make a difference by living the theme, “Dream. Go. Do.” In 2016, the conference took place in Atlanta’s historic...
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