This year, Preaching WELL is an opportunity to hear from our NCC preachers about how they have both struggled and succeeded at crafting sermons on three topics that challenge our everyday lives and our experience as Christians. These virtual sessions will be a time of exploration and sharing and will include experiences from our speakers, […]

The Farm and Faith Partnerships Project connects NC churches with farmers from RAFI’s Farmers of Color Network to create sustainable food-based partnerships that further the work of creation care, food justice, and racial justice. These partnerships look different depending on the context, but could take the shape of a group of faith communities coming together to purchase […]

Dr. Christine Harman, author of the book– For the Common Good: Discovering and Using Your Spiritual Gifts will teach this new class.  The class offers scriptural understanding of spiritual gifts and would be beneficial to anyone who desires to find how they are gifted to serve in their church. The class is open to anyone and may be used for the required […]

Social enterprises come in all different sizes and specialties. They can be a way to employ people who need a second chance or a way to raise money for a specific project. Social enterprises have gained momentum recently as a way for a faith community or church to diversify their funding streams. The possibilities are […]

Gammon Seminary and our Research Partners (SBC-21, Discipleship Ministries, Black Methodist for Church Renewal, Convocation Pastors of Black Churches, Black Clergywomen of UMC) will present important research insights revealing the Impact of COVID 19 on Black UMC Congregations, Pastors and Leaders. Areas of research focus include - hybrid worship services, online giving, safe re-entry, digital […]

Advent is the perfect opportunity to offer your congregation the possibility to slow down, take in the season, its meaning, feed their souls, and perhaps even some time of reflection.  Especially during this time of concern related to COVID-19, opportunities to practice means of grace take on new meaning.  More than ever, people are searching for […]

Insights from the field of Peace and Conflict Studies can inform our ongoing pursuit of health-related justice in our congregations and communities. Join us to gain practical tools to pivot from injustice to the beloved community through lasting transformation. Krista Westervelt is a senior Peace and Conflict Studies major and Gerontology minor at the University […]

The Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative at Duke Divinity School is hosting the fifth seminar in its annual seminar series, "Biblical Narratives of Healing" with Professors Ellen Davis and C. Kavin Rowe. Davis is Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School. The author of eleven books and many articles, her research […]

This course will provide participants with a better understanding of a holistic approach to participation in God’s mission to the world and equip lay servants for more effective missional engagement in their communities and beyond. Register for this class

For the last 75 years, CWS has actively worked in solidarity and intentional focus with faith partners and community groups from across the world, to do in partnership what none of us could hope to do as well alone:“Transform communities around the globe through just and sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement and disaster.”It is out […]

Are you longing for a deeper spiritual path? Looking for a framework for understanding mystical experiences of women? Or just wanting to learn a little of the history and theology of mystical faith? This two-week course on Women Mystics in the Christian Tradition should help you with all of that.  We’ll start by looking at the […]