Education For Ministry-Canada:
The Education For Ministry program in Canada is a university level course in theology for both lay people and clergy.
It is a four year part-time study program designed to teach people to think theologically, develop a personal systematic theology and increase their knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. Please note: The course is not designed or intended as training for ordination.
We invite you to be curious about our Web site and about the Education for Ministry Program in Canada. You will find information about the Course, about the Canadian administration of the material and about the Mentors, Trainers and Coordinators who bring the program alive and administrate it in various Canadian Anglican Dioceses.
EFM originated in the University of the South in Sewanee Tennessee.
The Diocese of Kootenay was invited, in 1985, to promote and manage the program in all of Canada and EFM-Canada was born.
International Program with students in Canada, Australia, Central America, Europe, New Zealand, South America, the United Kingdom and the USA.
EFM students work with: The Hebrew Scriptures; The Christian Testament and church history; Biblical exegesis and systematic theology; Ethics, liturgics and theological issues of this century; Materials for specific study of the history of Christianity in Canada.
For more information please visit the website.