Resources for Pastors and Church Ministry Staff
School for Leadership Training – EMS hosts this annual training opportunity comprised of worship, preaching, workshops
and many opportunities for connections with other pastors.
- Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) – CPE is professional education for ministry which utilizes a clinical method of learning.
Disciplined reflection on the practice of ministry in the context of a peer group
and individual supervision is central to the learning process.
- United Methodist Connection – EMS shares a special relationship with The United Methodist Church in theological education,
having been approved by the church’s University Senate for the training of candidates
for ordination. A significant number of United Methodist students are enrolled at
EMS and will seek to be ordained.
