{"id":22354,"date":"2023-07-23T00:52:12","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T00:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=22354"},"modified":"2023-07-23T00:53:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T00:53:07","slug":"course-on-multi-vocational-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2023\/course-on-multi-vocational-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Course on multi-vocational ministry is offered by the Brethren Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Audrey Hollenberg-Duffey<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership is offering a timely and important course titled \u201cDefining Set-Apart Ministry within the Multivocational Reality.\u201d Instructor Sandra Jenkins says, \u201cMulti-vocational ministry is a reality in many denominations. It is not only a calling, but a necessity; part-time ministry placements often outnumber fulltime placements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Students who take this course will be able to<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212; Define the set-apart ministry within the multi-vocational context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212; Interpret the scriptural foundation for multi-vocational ministry and church organization through Pauline writings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/Multivocational_brochure-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/Multivocational_brochure-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/Multivocational_brochure-600px-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/Multivocational_brochure-600px-560x337.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212; Explore ways to incorporate time management skills needed for multi-vocational ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212; Describe ways to motivate leadership within a congregation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212; Recognize ministry calling and secular occupation as one mission instead of viewing them as two competing sides vying for one\u2019s time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This eight-week, online course can be taken for Training in Ministry (TRIM) credit, continuing education, and personal enrichment. For details about registration, the reading list, and more, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/bethanyseminary.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Multivocational_brochure-2023.pdf\">https:\/\/bethanyseminary.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Multivocational_brochure-2023.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The course will take place from Sept. 6 to Oct. 31. The registration deadline is Aug. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8212; Audrey Hollenberg-Duffey is coordinator of English-Language Ministry Training Programs at the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership, a partnership of the Church of the Brethren Office of Ministry and Bethany Theological Seminary.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/mmb-adopts-two-statements\/\">Mission and Ministry Board adopts two statements on Supreme Court decisions, approves budget parameter for 2027<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/revelation-79-award-2026\/\">Revelation 7:9 Award is given to Wendy McFadden and Nancy Sollenberger Heishman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/standing-committee-acts-on-new-business\/\">Standing Committee recommends adoption of four new business items, discusses relationship of the Church of the Brethren and Eder Financial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/supreme-court-decision-on-tps\/\">Supreme Court decision on TPS for Haitians and Syrians will affect hundreds of Church of the Brethren members<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/kairos-center-issues-press-statement\/\">Kairos Center issues press statement on Supreme Court case in which Church of the Brethren joined amicus brief<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership is offering a timely and important course titled \u201cDefining Set-Apart Ministry within the Multivocational Reality.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[28,3,1682,2171,2259,1977,2056,1304],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-22354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-brethren-academy-for-ministerial-leadership","tag-church-of-the-brethren","tag-congregations","tag-course","tag-ministers","tag-multi-vocational-ministers","tag-pastors","tag-training"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22354"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22357,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22354\/revisions\/22357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22354"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=22354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}