Education for Ministry (EfM) is a program of theological education-at-a-distance which originated at the University of the South School of Theology, while Urban T. Holmes III was dean,EfM is a four-year theological education program offered "at a distance" by the School of Theology at the University of the South at Sewanee. drawing on the work of the Jesuit theologian Bernard Lonergan.Frank Wade (2008), Transforming Scripture, Church Publishing, , pp. 69–71. It was previously known as Theological Education by Extension (TEE).R. David Cox (2004), Priesthood in a new millennium: toward an understanding of Anglican presbyterate in the twenty-first century, Church Publishing, , P. 412. While the program is not exclusive to the Episcopal Church, it is mainly found in parishes of that church. Study is conducted in small groups consisting of 6-12 members, facilitated by mentors who have been certified by the EfM program. It is a four-year program of study covering the Old and New Testaments, the history of the Christian religion, and theology. Persons seeking either ordained or lay ministries may enroll.See, e.g., Saints Alive!, newsletter, July/Aug. 2005, found at All Saints Brookline web site . Accessed December 4, 2007.
It is used in many dioceses of the Anglican Communion in North America and throughout the world (students are active in Australia, Central America, Europe, New Zealand, South America and the United Kingdom, as well as Canada and the US), from progressive to traditional, and Anglo-Catholic to evangelical, including Southern Ohio (Cincinnati), Massachusetts (Boston), Springfield, Illinois, Canada, Central Pennsylvania,Education for Ministry, see Salem College website Outstanding Alumnae Awards 2008 page on Nancy Walker Marchal '58. Retrieved September 29, 2008. and Albany, New York.
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