The Beecken Center of The School of Theology

A center for Christian formation at The School of Theology, University of the South. Home to EfM, VocationCARE, SUMMA Debate Camp and others.

One of the greatest challenges and responsibilities we currently face as a religious tradition in the United States is one of cultivating a new generation in the Christian faith, the majority of whom, for the first time in our country’s history, often live their spiritual lives largely outside the ecology of the church and have little experience of Christian community, practice, story, or belief.

The School of Theology's Beecken Center is actively addressing this issue by developing programs to attract and equip multi-generational, more diverse adults for leadership in the Episcopal Church and in the world.

In partnership with the seminary and the college, The Beecken Center is a training destination for those who want to found and nurture ministries and vocational discernment throughout the church. The group process culture and superb model of mentoring developed by Education for Ministry (EfM) will both be extremely important sources of wisdom for this expansion of The Beecken Center’s ministry to the church.

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