October 22, 2014
Dear Friends,
The news since last evening includes good note of new possibility in the standoff at General Theological Seminary. It appears that the faculty will be going back to the classrooms and that an embracing of the call to reconciliation is in the air. May it be so.
The contexts within which all this has happened locally are many. Questions abound in the church as to the shape ministry is to take today and tomorrow in order to be faithful to the Gospel and linked to the real needs of the world around us. These questions in turn are connected to the continuing open-ended conversation about what constitutes a good theological education in our day. What do men and women in ministry need to know? What are the best ways for them to learn that? What are the ways that encourage them in turn, as servants of God's people, to become loving teachers of what they have come to hold in their hearts as life-giving knowledge?
Yesterday the Board of the Society for the Increase of Ministry held its semi-annual meeting. All these questions and more informed the open and wide-ranging conversation of this group dedicated to the support of those preparing to serve in ordained ministry. Final answers were not to be found yesterday. Faithful commitment to continue to look together for the path to the future, however, was very much present. You can learn more about SIM and support their good work on behalf of excellent church leadership at www.simministry.org.
As always, can access an up-to-date listing of Mercer fall theological/spirituality events today at:
tinyurl.com/MercerFall14
Blessings,
John McGinty+
Dean
Canon for Formation
The Very Rev. Canon John P. McGinty
Dean
Canon for Formation
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