{"id":3815,"date":"2025-04-24T13:14:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T17:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/clergy-life\/?p=3815"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:01:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T19:01:24","slug":"extension-ministry-spotlight-st-marys-ecumenical-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/clergy-life\/2025\/04\/extension-ministry-spotlight-st-marys-ecumenical-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Extension Ministry Spotlight: St. Mary\u2019s Ecumenical Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to our series that spotlights NC Conference pastors serving in extension ministries. Read about other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/clergy-life\/tag\/extension-ministers\">extension ministers<\/a>\u00a0as these stories are published weekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rev. Dr. Brent Laytham<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. 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The learning community of about 130 men and women is mostly part-time students with full-time commitments to work (some secular, some ecclesial), family, and church (some lay, some ordained). The student body and faculty are a wonderful diversity of ages, races, and ethnicities, equal parts Catholic, mainline Protestants, and non-denominational, from across the social and political spectrum. 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