July 11, 2022 — A new cycle of online ministry certification courses is set to begin Aug.22, 2022, at BeADisciple.com. BeADisciple.com is part of the Institute for Discipleship at Southwestern College, and has offered quality online educational experiences with roots in Wesleyan theology since 2006. Church leaders and interested persons can begin progress toward certification in seven different disciplines— church administration and leadership, children's ministry, women’s ministries, spiritual formation, rural ministry, ministry with people with disabilities, and music ministry. Requirements typically include successful completion of four online courses, and each course is six…
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May 10, 2022, Winfield, Kan. — The Summit Youth Academy will undergo a change in leadership when the Rev. Wendy Mohler-Seib steps down as director of faith formation at the Institute for Discipleship. Mohler-Seib will join the faculty of Friends University in August as assistant professor of theology. Now in its sixth year, the Summit is a week-long experience for youth who will be juniors and seniors in high school. Held on the Southwestern College campus in Winfield, Mohler-Seib describes the event as “an intentional community where space is created to hear God’s…
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April 18, 2022 — After two years of pandemic-necessitated accommodations, the Summit Youth Academy will be returning to the Southwestern College campus in the summer of 2022. The event in Winfield, Kan., is set for Sunday through Saturday, July 10-16. “This year we have a great opportunity for high school juniors and seniors (classes of 2023 and 2024) to come here and spend a week away from life’s normal distractions to focus on hearing God’s voice and answering God’s call,” says Wendy Mohler-Seib, director of the Summit. Now in its sixth year, the…
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Winfield, Kan., March 21, 2022 – An online course that encourages Christian witness will include ways to incorporate witnessing in activities of the National Day of Prayer. The national event is set for May 5, immediately after the two-week course ends. “Becoming an Effective Witness for Jesus Christ” is offered through BeADisciple.com April 18 to May 2, and will be taught by Darla Thieler. Thieler is founder of Remnant Ministries, a multi-faceted outreach ministry founded in 1982, as well as being a local evangelist and certified lay speaker with the Western Pennsylvania Conference of the…
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