The Global Methodist Church is pleased to announce that Asbury Theological Seminary, Ashland Theological Seminary, Beeson Divinity School at Samford University, Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University, United Theological Seminary, and Wesley Biblical Seminary are the first schools to be approved as Recommended Educational Institutions of the GM Church for the completion of educational requirements by candidates for ordination.![]()
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Additionally, the course of study program offered by Wesley Biblical Seminary has been approved. Its program will be offered in online, hybrid, and in-person formats making it widely available to candidates for ordination whose personal circumstances do not permit them to enroll in degree programs. Course of study programs provide candidates with significant flexibility as they seek to fulfill educational requirements for ordination; however, the work required in a GM Church approved program is no less rigorous than those enrolled in degree programs.![]()
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The GM Church’s Transitional Book of Doctrines and Discipline, in ¶ 407.1 requires candidates for ordination as deacons and elders to fulfill basic educational requirements prior to ordination. Candidates can complete the required classes through a course of study program, a bachelor’s degree program in ministry (for those residing in a majority-world context – outside the United States), a joint Bachelor of Arts and Master of Divinity program, a program for a Master of Arts or equivalent degree in the practice of ministry, or a Master of Divinity degree program. The specific classes to be completed to be ordained a deacon or an elder are set forth in ¶ 407.3-4. ![]()
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