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Blount and Lee Co-Edit New Book on Justice for Children and Youth

Book Cover for Let Your Light Shine: Mobilizing for Justice with Children and Youth
It is “for such a time as this” that Let Your Light Shine: Mobilizing for Justice with Children and Youth, a new book edited by Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary professors, Rev. Dr. Reginald Blount and Rev. Dr. Virginia A. Lee, has emerged. From broken immigration policies, hunger, school shootings, mass incarceration, human trafficking, failing schools, and child soldiers in wars worldwide, the harsh realities our children are living in cannot be ignored.
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Sep 05

Garrett-Evangelical and Northwestern University to Host Conference Celebrating 50th Anniversary of James Hal Cone’s Black Theology & Black Power

James Cone in Chapel
September 3, 2019 — On November 1-2, 2019, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Northwestern University will host scholars, religious leaders, and activists for “Black Theology and Black Power: Retrospect and Prospect”, a conference reflecting on James Hal Cone’s seminal work, Black Theology & Black Power, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the book’s publication.
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Dr. Melanie L. Harris to Deliver 2019 Convocation Address at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Dr. Melanie L. Harris
August 5, 2019 — Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary will welcome Dr. Melanie L. Harris as its keynote speaker for the 2019 Academic Convocation on September 4, 2019. Harris is the visiting professor of global ethical leadership and environmental studies at the University of Denver and founding director of African American and Africana Studies and full professor of religion and ethics at Texas Christian University. She will deliver her convocation address at 4:00 p.m. in the seminary’s Chapel of the Unnamed Faithful.
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Garrett-Evangelical Faculty to Present at Post-Way-Forward Gathering for UM Scholars

Post-Way-Forward Gathering of UM Scholars
July 24, 2019 — In the wake of the passing of the Traditional Plan continuing to prohibit the marrying and ordination of homosexuals at the Special Session of the General Conference (February) and the Judicial Council rulings upholding some of the punitive elements of that plan (April), United Methodist scholars who support the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ persons in the full life of the church are gathering for a public conversation.
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Garrett-Evangelical Launches Affordable, Accessible, and Relevant Credit-Bearing Certificates

New Certificates at Garrett-Evangelical
June 3, 2019 — Today, prospective students can begin applying to Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary’s new credit-bearing certificate programs in child advocacy, Christian education, evangelism and church planting, music ministry, and spiritual formation and direction. Designed to be affordable, accessible, and relevant, these are ecumenical certificates, most with a track of courses for those seeking The United Methodist Church’s professional certification.
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Living Tomorrow Today, Bishop Rader and Rev. Dr. Crain Publish New Book Featuring the 34 Women Bishops of the UMC

Women Bishops of The United Methodist Church: Extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit
May 29, 2019 — The foundation for Bishop Sharon Zimmerman Rader and Rev. Dr. Margaret Ann Crain’s new book, Women Bishops of The United Methodist Church: Extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit (Abingdon Press, April 2019), is a series of interviews they conducted with each of the women bishops of The United Methodist Church. Through the stories they collected, they learned what enabled these women to persevere, claim authority, define leadership in their own ways, and rise to the episcopacy.
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