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  • EIST Grants Are Used to Transform Young Lives and Recruit Minorities for Church Service
    Published On: January 4, 2018

    Luther Young, a third-year student at Vanderbilt Divinity School, has spent the past two summers mentoring elementary school children at the Freedom School at Clark Memorial UMC in Nashville. The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry’s (GBHEM) mission is centered around the formation and development of leaders for The...

  • Thomas Wolfe Named IAMSCU President
    Published On: January 3, 2018

    A recent meeting of the International Association of Methodist-related Schools, Colleges, and Universities (IAMSCU) Board of Directors in Buenos Aires, Argentina, included a transition of leadership. With a change in Dr. Marcio de Moraes’ university affiliation (now immediate past president of IAMSCU), the board elected Rev. Dr. Tom Wolfe, president...

  • GBHEM Commemorates Three Education Milestones in Argentina
    Published On: January 3, 2018

    IAMSCU and UCEL board members at the 25th anniversary celebration in Argentina. The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) traveled to Argentina to celebrate three milestones within United Methodist global education—the opening of GBHEM’s Regional Hub for Leadership, Education and Development (LEaD Hub) for Latin America and the...

  • Certification for Specialized Ministry to become more Accessible
    Published On: December 26, 2017

    The meeting included representatives from UM educational institutions and GBHEM. Representatives from United Methodist educational institutions and the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) met this fall and are recommending that certification in specialized ministry be made more accessible to and affordable for United Methodist lay leaders. Every...

  • Vocational Orientation Program Prepares Future Methodist Leaders in Brazil
    Published On: December 6, 2017

    The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) recently partnered with the Methodist School of Theology in São Paulo, Brazil to host an event for 87 Brazilian candidates for ministry, most between ages 17 to 25, in the Methodist Church in Brazil. POV or Programa de Orientação Vocacional (Vocational...

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