seminaries

Ecumenism
Retired professor Jin Kwan Kwon (left) and Vanderbilt University professor Joerg Rieger discuss Minjung theology — a liberation theology that emerged in the 1970s in South Korea — during a lecture March 31 at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, Tenn. The event was hosted by Vanderbilt’s Wendland-Cook Program in Religion and Justice, which was founded by Rieger. Photo by the Rev. Thomas E. Kim, UM News.

Minjung theology offers lessons for today

Though this form of liberation theology emerged over 50 years ago in South Korea, its emphasis on the struggles of the oppressed and marginalized resonates across national boundaries today.
Theology and Education
Students attend a class at the Cambine Theological Seminary, part of the United Methodist Cambine Mission near Macarringue, Mozambique. Through the Miracle Sunday offering on May 17, United Methodists have the chance to help support scholarships for students at Cambine and other United Methodist-related theological schools in Africa, Europe and the Philippines.  File photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

What churches should know about Miracle Sunday

Miracle Sunday is a one-time offering on May 17 to raise funds intended to help United Methodist pastors in Africa, the Philippines and Europe get a theological education.
Theology and Education
The Union Theological Seminary choir, under the direction of Deborrah Reyes, helps lead closing worship for The United Methodist Church’s Standing Committee on Central Conference Matters meeting in Manila, Philippines, in 2019. Bishops are planning a one-time special offering next year to support the endowment fund for theological education in Africa, Europe and the Philippines. File photo by Heather Hahn, UM News.

Big push planned to fund pastoral education

United Methodist bishops are planning a one-time special offering next year to better support pastors’ theological education in Africa, Europe and the Philippines.
Theology and Education
The Rev. Candace M. Lewis gives a tour of renovations underway at Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta, where she serves as president and dean. The historically Black United Methodist seminary is proceeding with an ambitious rebuilding plan despite having lost almost half its funding from the denomination since 2016. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Gammon builds on legacy as it looks forward

The leadership of Gammon Theological Seminary shares ambitious plans as they seek to get the only historically Black United Methodist seminary fiscally healthy.

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