Hallelujah! I am excited to announce that we have exceeded the fundraising goal for the Listen! God is Calling campaign for the future of the church. More than 15,000 faithful investors have given over $98 million. You can watch a short video about this amazing result here. Thank you for your generosity and support! Because […]
Meta Herrick Carlson ’08 M.Div. is the author of “Speak It Plain: Words for Worship and Life Together,” published in 2022 by Fortress Press. These prayers, blessings, litanies, and liturgies were created as a companion to existing worship resources. In the book’s preface, Carlson notes that people in the pews today do not necessarily know […]
In 2018, we came up with a plan that seemed radical and largely unprecedented in the world of 21st-century theological education. We decided to raise enough money to give every incoming Master of Divinity and Master of Arts student a full-tuition scholarship. We called it the “Jubilee Scholarship”—a reference to the biblical season of forgiveness […]
Russell Myers ’85 M.Div., ’03 D.Min. is the author of “Because We Care: A Handbook for Chaplaincy in Emergency Medical Services,” published in 2021 by Gryphon’s Key Publishing. The book is written for people who are curious about the intersection of professional chaplaincy and emergency medical services, including leaders of EMS agencies who have a […]
Lee Ann M. Pomrenke ’05 M.Div. is the author of “Embodied: Clergy Women and the Solidarity of a Mothering God,” published in 2020 by Church Publishing Inc. The book explores the issues clergy mothers face and the solidarity that they can find in God. Pomrenke touches on experiences shared by many clergy mothers, including waiting […]
This June, we graduated 128 students—well-trained, faithful leaders who are stepping into vocations of service all around the globe. These graduates are the next generation’s pastors, teachers, and faithful innovators, called and sent by the Holy Spirit to witness to salvation through Jesus Christ and to serve in God’s world. Where will their vocational journeys […]