Hope in the Garden

Hope Staton has found a powerful way to combine her passions for gardening and community building with a unique ministry placement.

Staton, a Master of Divinity student, is working with the Felege Hiywot Center (FHC), a

MASST Sets Sail

For students who hear a clear call and are following a specific path to practical ministry, Bethany Theological Seminary has launched a new master’s degree program that links spiritual formation with a focus on social change.   

An Exceptional Experience

Carl McRoy, of Maryland, originally learned about Bethany from a Google search about graduate programs related to social justice. After conversations with Bethany faculty and staff, he chose to enroll in the Master of Arts in Theopoetics

Finding What Was Missing

Scott Linton had been working as a grant contractor for the Naval Logistics Command for a dozen years, and for the first time in his career, things were really falling into place.

“I was in a

Seeking Stories

Alina Sayre Skujins, a California native now living in South Carolina, is a teacher and writer who was drawn to the “convergence of art and faith,” but she didn’t quite know at first how to weave her

Called to be a Chaplain

“Bethany is so accommodating to distance learning students,” says Jason Harsh, a current MDiv student from Ohio. “Everyone is very welcoming, and the program is more easily adapted to other life plans than the other seminaries I

Finding Ways to Thrive

For Matthew Fike, MDiv 1999, this sort of shared vision is the key to a thriving church. Too many congregations, and even pastors, operate from the assumption that it is up to the pastor to set the

Seeking New Ministries

For many pastors, thinking about the future of pastoral ministry involves rethinking many of the practices and areas of focus that have long been assumed to be most important.

“Sunday morning worship

On the Brink of Something New

Rev. Anna Lisa Gross, MDiv 2015, currently holds two part-time positions, serving Beacon Heights Church of the Brethren in Ft. Wayne as Pastor for Faith Formation and serving as Co-Interim District Executive for the District of Northern

At Home in Nigeria

Sharon Flaten grew up in Bridgewater, Virginia, but as a kid, Nigeria was all around her.

“There were wooden tables, trunks, and tie-dyed tablecloths my parents had brought from Nigeria,” she recalls. Her mother, the late