First Call Theological Education Life Long Learning Opportunities

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Life-long learning, or “continuous learning” as some have called it, is one of the eleven theological imperatives from the 1995 Study of Theological Education. This Division for Ministry (now Vocation and Education unit) study report concluded its remarks on this imperative: “...this church must encourage and provide resources for its lay and ordained leaders to continually develop and renew their gifts for ministry through disciplined patterns of life-long learning.”

The ELCA’s Vocation and Education unit has collaborated with other denominations to offer Faith and Wisdom, an online searchable database that allows you to locate learning opportunities throughout the world — and in your own back yard. We hope that you will take advantage of this service as you actively seek to live as Christians stirred by God’s Spirit and led by Christ’s Gospel. To go to the Faith and Wisdom Web site, click here.

Other life-long learning resources which may be helpful to you are available through the following links:

SELECT Video Resources

The Fisher’s Net

Augsburg Fortress Publishers

Theological Education for Lay Persons (through Fisher’s Net)

The Society for the Advancement of Continuing Education for Ministry (SACEM)

 

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