Leah Hartman, the director of the BeADisciple Academy, is a featured guest on the UMC Young People's Podcast with Carl Gladstone. The twenty-three minute interview features Leah talking about how the Academy came into being as well as what the program hopes to accomplish. Listen on iTunes. Leah is featured on episode 202.
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(from sckans.edu) Southwestern will soon launch the online BeADisciple Academy, thanks to a grant received from the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church. “We are so appreciative of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church for both their support of the concept and financial backing of $40,000 to underwrite development costs” states Steve Wilke, executive director of the Institute for Discipleship at Southwestern College. The BeADisciple Academy is designed to be a global online faith-building fellowship for high school or college…
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The Institute for Discipleship is pleased to host the BeADisciple Academy for high school and college students beginning September 8 (Enrollment ends August 31). Watch the video below and pass the link along to high School and college students you know who might be interested in this great opportunity. More information available at http://www.beadisciple.com/academy/
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(from sckans.edu) The Institute for Discipleship (IFD) at Southwestern College has been awarded $10,000 from the Moody Memorial Permanent Endowment Fund in Galveston, Texas, for the development of Youth Disciple Online (YDO). “I am so please to have the support of the folks at Moody,” says Steve Wilke, executive director of the IFD. According to Wilke, this project will provide youth the opportunity to study and discuss the scriptures totally online. Gone will be some of the challenges due to schedules and transportation. In addition, this format provides for groups to be international. …
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