What does it mean to be Methodist? In a series of half-hour videos from leading Methodist scholars, Justo Gonzalez leads students through an exploration of the 18th-century Wesleyan revival in England and the growth of Methodism in the United States and around the world. Supplemental videos cover in more detail the rise of Methodism in Europe, Asia, Africa […]

How do Christians think and act faithfully in a complex and often ambiguous world? What models from Scripture and Church history might help us to live “lives worthy of the Gospel” in the 21st century? This eloquent, challenging and inspiring six-week introduction to Christian ethics avoids pat answers and simplistic lists of do’s and don’t’s […]

BeADisciple.com instructors Lori Richey and Jim Reiter have created a space where those who work with young people and those who serve in spiritual formation might explore each other’s worlds. This two-week course invites participants to explore the intersection of youth ministry and spiritual formation, with an eye to the person of the minister as […]

Are you missing out on Bible study because of the pandemic? DISCIPLE Online, the online version of the life-changing Disciple, Becoming Disciples Through Bible Study, might be right for you. Everything can be done from home or from wherever you are as long as you have access to a computer. Register for this class

If you’ve ever wanted to improve your ability to guide adult learners through their faith development, this two-week interactive Discipleship Ministries-approved Lay Servant course is the way to do it! Learn about Multiple Intelligences, Adult Faith Development, Learning Hooks, and more! Students will need the book Start Here, by Barbara Bruce, and should read it […]

It’s the question on everyone’s minds: How do we get folks back in the fews after months away during the pandemic, and how do we attract seekers to become active participants in our congregations? Rebekah Simin-Peter, author of Dream Like Jesus will share valuable ideas that can work for your congregation. Bring two pens. You’ll […]

Being an effective communicator especially when giving a sermon or giving a speech is important. You want to be heard and understood you want to be listened too. You will be able to take time to reflect on the ways you and others communicate. What makes good and not so good communicators and communications as […]

“Being there” for young people means more to them than you know! Youth and young adults people need the examples and experiences of faithful adults to become mature Christians themselves. But it takes more than just casually interacting with a young person to grow their faith. Having a trusted Christian adult mentor to talk with […]

Join us online! THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO CLERGYWOMEN IN ALL DISTRICTS! Kickoff for the 2021-2022 Book List! August's selection is Caste by Isabel Wilkerson https://www.amazon.com/Caste-Origins.../dp/B084FLWDQG I will send out a Zoom link closer to the date. Hope that you will be able to read along. This is one of the most thought provoking books […]

In his book, Jesus and the Disinherited, Howard Thurman asks, “Why is it that Christianity seems impotent to deal radically – and therefore effectively– with the issues of discrimination and injustice on the basis of race, religion and national origin?” Indeed, colonialism and white supremacy are threaded through the history and fabric of American society and […]

Your congregation really cares about food- but how do you talk about hunger, those who need food, and those who give food? Join Justine Post (Resourceful Communities) and Michelle Osbourne (RAFI) as they talk about what having honest conversations about rural food ministries and partnerships has looked like for congregations they work with. Register for […]

Your congregation really cares about food- but how do you talk about hunger, those who need food, and those who give food? Join Justine Post (Resourceful Communities) and Michelle Osbourne (RAFI) as they talk about what having honest conversations about rural food ministries and partnerships has looked like for congregations they work with. Register for […]