LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (May 1, 2025)—The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas’s next International Study Cohort will travel to Taizé, France, April 13 through 22, 2026, for a five-day immersive experience among the monastic community there. The itinerary also includes two days in Paris.
Clergy Leadership Ministries
OUR LEADERSHIP MINISTRIES MISSION:
In collaboration with our appropriate partners, determine and evaluate the need for leadership development, assessing critical missional issues through research, experiments, and strategic conversations among leaders.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 4, 2025)—The Grants Committee of the Methodist Foundation for Arkansas (MFA) Board of Directors has awarded a total of seven grants in their first three monthly meetings of the year, with grant funds totaling $131,692.
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (February 5, 2025) — The Perkins Summit for Faith and Learning offers a wide range of theological mini-courses for laypersons, community leaders and clergy. Somewhere between seminary and Sunday School, the Summit leverages the rich learning community of SMU’s Perkins School of Theology to provide an experience in theological education.
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (February 4, 2025) — Clergywomen of the Arkansas Conference: MFA is offering full scholarships to Lead(HER), a new conference for women in pastoral leadership hosted April 29-30 by Resurrection, a United Methodist congregation in Leawood, Kan.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (February 4, 2025) — Any student attending a United Methodist seminary and seeking ordination as an Elder or Deacon within the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church is eligible to apply for the MFA Seminary Scholarship, which provides $22,000 per year for a three-year period. The application window for Fall 2025 is now open.
Applications are now open for the second cohort of the Compelling Preaching Initiative.
