Support

Yes, scholarship funds are available, thanks to the donations of past academy participants and other generous donors.  These funds are awarded on a "nee...

Your full participation in a Two-Year Academy fulfills two courses of the Certification in Spiritual Formation offered through the General Board of Higher E...

Yes, three (3) CEU's are offered for each Five-Day Academy or Two-Year Academy session attended at an additional cost of $15.  Forms will be provided at...

Participants in a Two-Year Academy program are provided with four reading assignments each quarter.  These books are provided by presenting faculty of each s...

Alternative advanced course credit is now determined at the annual conference level. On page 25 of our new 2015 Lay Servant Ministry catalog, it gives confe...

In general, we recommend that you participate in the Academy and then pursue a Doctor of Ministry degree rather than trying to do both at the same time.  ...

At the 2000 General Conference of the United Methodist Church, delegates approved a new certification program in spiritual formation (not in spiritual direct...

Participants in the Academy receive spiritual direction in diverse ways: through the liturgy, their small groups, their interactions with faculty and one-on-...

Spiritual direction may be formal or informal, one-on-one or in small groups.  It may be primarily a peer relationship, in which the term “spiritual friends...