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  • GBHEM Hosts Landmark Gathering to Equip Deacons for New Sacramental Responsibility
    Published On: October 3, 2025

    The General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) hosted the 2025 United Methodist Church Deacons Gathering, a landmark event convening nearly 150 deacons, provisional deacons and candidates in Nashville, Tennessee, and online.

  • Fog on the Road
    Published On: October 3, 2025

    Love is truly the most powerful force we can encounter. If our communities put the energy it takes them to be angry into being loving, no challenge will stand against them. Love always wins.

  • Monday Reflections: Hope, Joy and Presence Inform Chaplain Anderson’s Campus Calling
    Published On: October 3, 2025

    When the Rev. Brian Anderson meets a new student at Alaska Pacific University, he sees more than just a name on a roster. “What inspires hope for me,” he says, “is beginning relationships. Meeting each new student and reconnecting with returning ones over the years. It’s a privilege to walk alongside them.” 

  • Garrett’s Global Partnership Reimagines Theological Education Through MEF Support
    Published On: September 24, 2025

    A pioneering partnership between Garrett Evangelical-Theological Seminary and Africa University is reshaping how theological education is delivered globally, thanks to a $400,000 grant from the Ministerial Education Fund (MEF) administered by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM).

  • Monday Reflections: ISBN
    Published On: September 24, 2025

    We are layered people. We work with layered people. Our experiences and memories make of us a cohesive canvas of seemingly contradictory feelings. This is who we are. And that is ok.

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GBHEM/GBGM Boards of Directors

The GBHEM/GBGM Board of Directors will hold their joint fall meeting online.