Ten weeks of live online learning in advanced homiletics with The Rev. Dr. Shawn Strout (requirement is Homiletics I or equivalent). A wonderful continuing education opportunity for those who preach. Preaching is an integral part of the Anglican tradition. This course builds on previous training in homiletics but is appropriate for preachers with extensive or limited experience. Throughout …
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Ten weeks of live online discussions and opportunities to reflect on readings to deepen Anglican Identity. The approach to ministry within the Anglican tradition rests on two pillars: The English Bible and The Book of Common Prayer. Learn how Episcopalians understand and interpret these two books and how that knowledge shapes ministry in The Episcopal Church. …
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Dio is offering a range of online open enrolment courses that equip students for life in a changing church. These courses are aimed at anyone who is interested in deepening their Christian faith and knowledge, and cultivating leadership skills in the church. There is no homework or written assignments. All you need is a desire …
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Spiritual Practices for Today provides an experiential introduction to classical Christian spiritual disciplines that nurture intimacy with God. Becoming familiar with some of Christianity’s rich spiritual traditions, and through personal experimentation with various classical prayer-forms and disciplines, students will be better equipped to develop a prayerful Rule of Life. Because significant components of this course …
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Presented by the Center for Anglican Communion Studies at VTS Join us on April 20, 2021 from 12:45-1:45 p.m. (EST) for “Green Anglicanism: Understanding Ecological Justice Theologically”. A virtual forum with Bishop Paul Sarker, former moderator of the Church of Bangladesh and discussion leader, the Rev. Dr. Rachel Mash, provincial coordinator, Green Anglicans. Hosted by …
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It has become rather commonplace to suppose that Anglican Christians care mostly about liturgy and not very much about theology. That’s not true! Anglican traditions exhibit a rich and diverse history of theological reflection. Anglicans have always insisted that that how Christians think and talk about God makes a critical difference in what Christians believe. …
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As we live into the fourth wave of the current renewal of the Sacred Order of Deacons in The Episcopal Church, we are gaining greater clarity about the distinctive nature of the “full and equal order,” and we are increasingly able and willing to invite the gift of prophetic servant leadership. At the heart of …
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What does it mean to lead during a time of religious, sociocultural, and environmental upheaval? What can churches do differently to better reflect and nurture gospel values and God’s dream of a just, reconciled, Spirit-filled world? This course in missional leadership will ask these and related questions. We will explore concepts and experience practices of …
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This course studies the ways the Bible has impacted Anglicanism as well as how the Bible has been interpreted and shaped by Anglicans from the English Reformation to the present day. It presupposes that a dialogue between community and text occurs in all scriptural communities of faith. Both the Bible and the church are powerful …
View course details “The Anglican Bible: Scriptural Conversation and Formation”