Dan Poole

Biographical Sketch:

I was born in Indiana and grew up attending the Wabash Church of the Brethren. After serving for 18 years in congregational ministry, first at the Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren as Associate Pastor and then at the

Tara Shepherd Bowdel

Personnel Changes at Bethany

New Positions Filled

Tara Shepherd-Bowdel will begin as a regional advancement officer at Bethany on March 14, 2016. This new position will focus on strengthening Bethany’s relationships with donors and congregations

First Joint Class with EYN Students Offered

On January 2, 2018, six students in Jos, Nigeria, joined eleven students at Bethany Theological Seminary for class without so much as noticing the ocean between them. It marked the realization of the new educational partnership between Bethany and

ENGAGE group discussion

ENGAGE Campus Visit Day

Today people of faith are looking to seminaries as places that can offer more than training for full-time ministry. While Bethany Theological Seminary will continue to prepare students for traditional ministerial roles, we expect to serve more students who

Specialized Graduate Certificate in Intercontextual Biblical Interpretation

Purpose

This specialized certificate provides a focus on the sacred texts of the Christian faith and methods of interpretation, particularly in conversation with intercontextual hermeneutics and global perspectives. The importance of rigorous and reflective engagement with scripture is stressed. A

Specialized Graduate Certificate in Theopoetics and Theological Imagination

Certificate in Theopoetics and Theological Imagination

Bethany’s Certificate in Theopoetics and Theological Imagination (CTTI) enables students to write and think at the intersection of creativity, faith, and meaning-making.

Theopoetics suggests that religion’s nearest analogue is art and

Specialized Graduate Certificate in Just Peace and Conflict Transformation

Purpose

A Certificate in Just Peace and Conflict Transformation will be useful for persons interested in gaining knowledge and skill regarding their own and others’ conflicts on a personal and/or vocational level. Conflict transformation goes beyond conflict resolution and conflict

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Preaching Seminar Offered by Bethany Alumnae

If you are looking to grow as a preacher and are open to exploring your preaching practice with a peer group, consider the Homiletic Peer Coaching seminar held at Bethany Theological Seminary, August 8-11, 2016. This collaborative formation experience

Bethany Sunday Resources

Each fall Bethany invites congregations to remember the Seminary’s mission to educate spiritual and intellectual leaders for ministry by including Bethany in their worship services. Below are resources to help prepare for this celebration of ministry education.

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Musa Mambula Receives National Award

Musa Mambula, current international scholar in residence at Bethany Theological Seminary, has been acknowledged by his home country of Nigeria for his contributions toward the betterment of Nigerian society. On September 20, Mambula was honored with the Custodian of