Featured Resources for Ministry and Faith
Pastoral Care in Practice
A video series equipping pastors and church leaders to care for individuals and families facing illness, grief, and death. Through practical guidance and theological reflection, ministry leaders learn skills for hospital visitation, funeral planning, lament, dementia care, and sustaining a faithful pastoral presence.
Introduction to Disability and the Church
A course equipping churches to better understand and respond to the experiences of people with disabilities. Through teaching, real-life stories, and practical tools, participants explore disability, belonging, and ways congregations can cultivate more welcoming and accessible communities.
Divine Universal Design for Christian Worship
A course inviting all Christians to a rich and inclusive experience of communal worship. Through theological reflection and practical examples, participants explore how worship with the Living God can help ensure that all God’s children are present, welcomed, and able to participate.
Why Lifelong Formation?
WHO IS LIFELONG FORMATION FOR?
Ministry Leaders:
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Christians Seeking Deeper Study:
Build confidence in your understanding of biblical, theological, and contextual topics to strengthen and enliven your faith journey
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Churches In Mission
Churches in Mission collaborates with congregations who see a social, economic, or physical change in their neighborhoods that they want to explore and desire to know and listen to their neighbors, participate in acts of gratitude and story sharing, and are looking for new partners in ministry.
Churches in Mission is funded by a generous gift from the Lilly Endowment Inc.
Hispanic Ministries Program
El Programa de Ministerios Hispanos (HMP) del Western Theological Seminary forma a mujeres y hombres para un ministerio fiel al brindar educación teológica accesible y culturalmente relevante en español para líderes del ministerio que sirven a las comunidades hispanas.
Center for Disability and Ministry
Center for Disablity and Ministry equips ministry leaders to embrace the gifts of people with disabilities through theological education, consultation, forums, and publications.
Peterson Center
The Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination stewards the pastoral vision and spititual theology of Eugene Peterson through circles of friendship, contemplative retreats, theological reflection, art-filled spaces, and public conversations.
Bast Center for Christian Proclamation
The Bast Center for Christian Proclamation believes in the power of a collaborative approach to ministry education, working together to inspire and equip a new generation of preachers to share the gospel in engaging and effective ways.
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Denominational and Church Partners
Western Theological Seminary partners with hundreds of churches and over 20 denominations across the United States to provide pastoral training and resources.