Education for Ministry 50 Years of Engaging, Responding, and Reflecting: Collected Essays - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 164065819X ISBN 13: 9781640658196

Publisher: Church Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

A powerful collection of essays that detail the history, practices, reflections, and legacy of 50 years of Education for Ministry.
 

Celebrating its 50th anniversary, with 120,000 graduates worldwide, Education for Ministry (EfM) is a proven model of Biblical-based learning. Through its small group seminars, this model recognizes the profound importance of stories and storytelling, both individually and collectively; the critical work of building community; and the development of skillful disciples who can articulate their faith. Grounded in the Christian story based on the Bible, church history, and the sweep of religious thought, EfM provides a foundation upon which to reflect theologically on today’s culture. As Bishop Phoebe Roaf says in her essay, “EfM has helped me become comfortable discussing my faith with people from various backgrounds and identifying how God was present in the events of everyday life.”

This carefully curated collection of essays from the many contributors, participants, and leaders since its inception to present day share how their lives have been touched and formed by this groundbreaking program. Authors include James F. Turrell, Karen Meridith, Edward de Bary, Katie Nakamura Rengers, Richard Brewer, Termain Hicks, Anne Moats Williams, and many more. EfM’s executive director Kevin Goodman summarizes, “As we move into the next 50 years, now more than ever, we are called to meet and understand people where they are and build community in Jesus’s name.”

About this title

About the Authors

Maggie Taliaferro is a trainer for Education for Ministry (EfM), and the focus lead for their Communications Task Force.

Mary Ann Patterson graduated from EfM in 2009. She worked at School of Theology in Sewanee, Tennessee for 11 years as communications director and editor of the  Sewanee Theological Review.

Kevin Goodman is the executive director of the Education for Ministry (EfM) program. He has served as a mentor and trainer for EfM for over thirty years, and is an ordained priest. He has served as Associate Rector at All Saints’ Ravenswood and Associate Dean of St. James Cathedral.

James F. Turrell teaches liturgy at the School of Theology of the University of the South, where he also serves as dean. He has served on the Episcopal Church’s Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music, where he led a committee that revised the rites for the catechumenate in the Book of Occasional Services. He is a priest of the Diocese of Bethlehem in Pennsylvania. He lives in Sewanee, Tennessee.

Edition details

• Publisher: Church Publishing
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 164065819X
• ISBN 13: 9781640658196
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Taliaferro Maggie, Patterson Mary Ann, Goodman Kevin M