{"id":23359,"date":"2024-03-08T17:01:16","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T17:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=23359"},"modified":"2024-03-08T17:01:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T17:01:31","slug":"ministers-association-related-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2024\/ministers-association-related-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministers\u2019 Association-related course addresses \u2018Listening for the Sound of the Genuine\u2019"},"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\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership is offering \u201cListening for the Sound of the Genuine\u201d on July 2-3, led by Audrey Hollenberg-Duffey as facilitator, as a directed independent study unit (DISU). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The course is in conjunction with the Church of the Brethren Ministers&#8217; Association pre-Annual Conference event in Grand Rapids, Mich.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frank A. Thomas is the guest speaker for the Ministers\u2019 Association this year. He will lead a preaching workshop for the group. Thomas is professor of homiletics at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis, Ind., with a passion \u201cto teach preachers to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, and to shape and influence preachers to rise to the height, depth, and beauty of the best of their preaching potential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/2024-Ministers-Association-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/2024-Ministers-Association-600px.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/2024-Ministers-Association-600px-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/2024-Ministers-Association-600px-560x292.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fill out the registration form at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ministryoffice\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/ministryoffice\">www.brethren.org\/ministryoffice<\/a> to attend the Ministers\u2019 Association event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Register for the academy DISU at <a href=\"https:\/\/bethanyseminary.edu\/brethren-academy\/brethren-academy-course-listings\/brethren-academy-course-registration-annual-trim-payment\">https:\/\/bethanyseminary.edu\/brethren-academy\/brethren-academy-course-listings\/brethren-academy-course-registration-annual-trim-payment<\/a>. The registration deadline is May 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accredited ministers seeking continuing education credit will receive 2.0 units. Interested individuals may also take this course for personal enrichment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students in the academy\u2019s TRIM and EFSM programs will receive one credit in Ministry Skills upon completion, and the course qualifies for the Annual Conference experience requirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For questions, contact Audrey Hollenberg-Duffey, coordinator for English-Language Training Programs, at <a href=\"mailto:holleau@bethanyseminary.edu\">holleau@bethanyseminary.edu<\/a> or 765-983-1810.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/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\/cds-volunteers-support-kerrville\/\">CDS volunteers support \u2018Faith and Fellowship\u2019 memorial event in Kerrville<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/pastors-ordained-in-south-sudan\/\">Pastors ordained for Church of the Brethren ministry in South Sudan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/speakers-for-nyc-2026\/\">The speakers for National Youth Conference 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/brethren-and-the-declaration\/\">Brethren and the Declaration of Independence: Denise Kettering-Lane presents an equipping session<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/god-of-grace-and-god-of-glory\/\">\u2018God of grace and God of glory\u2019: A call to worship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership is offering \u201cListening for the Sound of the Genuine\u201d on July 2-3, led by Audrey Hollenberg-Duffey as facilitator, as a directed independent study unit (DISU). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23361,"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":[1258,2886,1268,28,3,696,1706,1922,2941,1561,2056,1304],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-23359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-annual-conference","tag-annual-conference-2024","tag-bethany-seminary","tag-brethren-academy-for-ministerial-leadership","tag-church-of-the-brethren","tag-church-of-the-brethren-ministers-association","tag-continuing-education","tag-courses","tag-homiletics","tag-office-of-ministry","tag-pastors","tag-training"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23359","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=23359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23362,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23359\/revisions\/23362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23359"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=23359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}