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Each year the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM) awards approximately $5.5 million in scholarships to students all over the world thanks to the support of faithful members of The United Methodist Church. Through connectional giving, members of The United Methodist Church support specific funds, projects, and...
UMC Partnerships Help to Strengthen Theological Education What could a newlywed from Alabama and a grandfather of two living in Washington, D.C., possibly have in common? Well as seminary students striving towards their ministerial calling, they may have more in common than meets the eye. Both John Bruce and...
As we witness the Body of Christ in motion, we sense God’s power on earth and receive a taste of the Divine. Motivated by the same Spirit, people living in different parts of the world often work together unknowingly, not seeing how their combined contributions shift lives and the concentric...
In May 2015, five years into her doctoral program, Felicia George got a surprise knock on her door from an unwelcome guest. It was a very rare form of Dysautonomia that took four and half years of her researching to be diagnosed. Along with other debilitating symptoms, encephalopathy returned after...
No one ever had to guess what Keshira Watson wanted to do for a living. From the time she was in 2nd grade, she just knew. “I’ve always known that I was called to ministry,” said Keshira, 22, a student at Philander Smith University in Little Rock, Ark., a historically...
