"Spiritual growth is increasing abandon to the great gulf stream of God's love."
Our Mission: Developing Christian Leaders through Lifelong Learning
Clergy Leadership Conference 2015
What better way to describe pastoral care than seeing and hearing one another with eyes and ears of compassion and working together for changed lives, congregations, and communities?
Thresholds & Thin Places: Perspectives on Pilgrimage
Join Becky Youngblood for 4 Thursday evenings (February 12 & 19, March 5 & 12) of adventure. Explore practices that can enrich any travel, whether to a distant sacred site or back and forth on our daily rounds. One evening will feature a mini-pilgrimage in the Jackson area. To register, call 601-974-1130 or go to www.millsaps.edu/conted.
The 2015 Summers Lecture, February 19
This year's Summers lecturer is Dr. C. L. Seow, the Henry Snyder Gehman Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary and author of Job 1-21: Interpretation and Commentary (see reviews). The schedule & registration for a full day of presentations and discussions will be posted here soon.
Announcements
8/26/2014
The 2015 Mississippi Course of Study is now available. You may download a copy at Course of Study page.
Please note that the course numbers have changed! Periodically the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry revises the curriculum of the Course of Study. These new course numbers and in some cases course names reflect those changes. You will not lose credit for courses you have already taken. In some instances the order of courses has also changed. For example,
12/12/2013
Brad Berglund had been a part of the CFM Shepherd's Sabbath since the program's inception as our Pilgrimage leader. In this video he discusses what Pilgrimage is and how we can incorporate it into our lives.
10/7/2013
A Reminder to United Methodist Clergy: The CFM is the proud host of your annual Continuing Education records in partnership with the Mississippi Conference Office of Ministerial Services. We can provide a transcript for your Charge Conference and consultation purposes. This transcript will include all Center for Ministry- and Annual Conference-sponsored events, such as the upcoming Clergy Leadership Conference and any other CEUs for which you have sent us documentation (events