GENERAL CONFERENCE

As the top policymaking body of the global United Methodist Church, General Conference is the only entity that speaks for the denomination.

GBHEM and GBGM Move Toward Greater Missional Alignment as Rev. Greg Bergquist Announces His Retirement

Clinical Pastoral Education

Our exclusive online program providing Pastors the opportunity to develop their skills from anywhere. Now accepting applications for fall and winter units.

Global Education Programs

The International Grants and Scholarship Program (GRASP) is a program to help offset the costs of education for students studying at a Methodist-related institution within a Central Conference.
GENERAL CONFERENCE
GBHEM and GBGM Move Toward Greater Missional Alignment as Rev. Greg Bergquist Announces His Retirement
Clinical Pastoral Education
Global Education Programs

The Black College Fund

The Black College Fund is responsible for educating some of the world’s brightest and talented leaders. Colleges receiving support from The Black College Fund maintain affordable tuition rates, enabling students with modest incomes to access higher education. In addition to on-campus capital improvements, this financial support empowers participating institutions to sustain their faculty and staff, fostering individuals who serve as impactful intellectual, cultural, and spiritual mentors.

Licensing & Course of Study

The Course of Study (COS) is a five-year program that trains and educates men and women who are interested in becoming full- or part-time local pastors. If this is the path you’re seeking, GBHEM welcomes you and will walk alongside you in this new faith journey.

Regional LEAD Hubs

LEAD Hub projects address everything from the contextual chaplaincy needs of the region, to educational programs that help elementary students learn about food safety and environmental protection.

CCTEF Grants

The Central Conference Theological Education Fund (CCTEF) goal is to strengthen theological education and pastoral formation in the Central Conferences in Africa, Europe and the Philippines and approved $10 million for CCTEF from the World Service Fund.

Explore Higher Education Scholarships

One of the major obstacles to students who are preparing for their future at a college or university is a lack of financial resources. Every year, we award an average of $5.5 million to help students pursue their dreams and opening pathways for people of all backgrounds to earn their degrees and serve as the next generation of leaders.

Women of Color Scholars’ Series

“It really makes a huge difference to have strong, intelligent women who share some of the same struggles, who have navigated some of those same struggles, who know their work… It’s just so empowering to know that you can be in touch with somebody, even if you’re not in the same program”

Dr. Lisa Dellinger
Women of Color Scholars’ Series

“It really makes a huge difference to have strong, intelligent women who share some of the same struggles, who have navigated some of those same struggles, who know their work… It’s just so empowering to know that you can be in touch with somebody, even if you’re not in the same program”

Dr. Lisa Dellinger
Women of Color Scholars’ Series

“People love to say, ‘strong black women.’ That’s not what I’m talking about. I believe that… our children, other Black women, we need salvation from structural, systemic racism.”

Lahronda Little

GBHEM PUBLISHING – New Releases

  • For Justice and Enduring Peace – One Hundred Years of Social Witness

    By Jessica Mitchell Smith
    $29.99
  • Sermons on Several Occasions, Vol. 1

    By John Wesley With Commentary by William Abraham, Editor
    $24.99
  • John Wesley’s Doctrine of Justification

    By Mark K. Olson
    $39.99
  • Unmasking Racism: Coloring with Love in the Church, Community, and Academy

    By Julius E. del Pino, Michele E. Watkins, Ernest S. Lyght, Jonathan D. Keaton
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Find a Collegiate Ministry Near You

Wesley Foundations and other Methodist-related collegiate ministries on or near your campus can be found throughout the globe. Our location-based tool will point you to UM Schools in the including Puerto Rico or World Methodist Schools (IAMSCU).

What it Means to be an UMC Related Institution

This Primer is intended to provide a foundational text for the church and the academy to continue the important conversation about what it means to be a denomination with education in its DNA.

Tools for Boards of Ordained Ministry

The Course of Study (COS) is a five-year program that trains and educates men and women who are interested in becoming full- or part-time local pastors. If this is the path you’re seeking, GBHEM welcomes you and will walk alongside you in this new faith journey.

2022 Impact Report

Committed towards our collective shared mission and ministry goals, GBHEM seeks to promote innovative and experiential opportunities for transformative learning, higher education, and ministry formation worldwide.

GBHEM Help Center

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