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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.

Perkins Summit 2025
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MFA Brings SMU’s Perkins Summit to Little Rock, Offers Full Scholarships for Laity

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.

Lead(HER) Conference Scholarships for Female Clergy

Arkansas UM Clergywomen Offered Full Scholarship to Lead(HER) Conference

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.

Seminary Scholarship Applications Open for 2025

Applications for MFA Seminary Scholarship Due by March 14

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.

Compelling Preaching Initiative

Compelling Preaching Initiative

Applications are now open for the second cohort of the Compelling Preaching Initiative.

Journeys of Paul

The Journeys of Paul to Greece and Turkey International Study Cohort will be a comprehensive international study experience comprised of fifteen pastors who will study overseas for the purpose of gaining knowledge and information that will strengthen their preaching in local congregations.

Clergy Growth & Renewal Fund

The Clergy Growth and Renewal Fund has been established by The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas to provide financial support for clergy in the Arkansas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church to experience events that promote personal or spiritual growth and perfecting professional skills. These funds are available to Elders, Deacons, and Local Pastors under appointment.

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601 Wellington Village Road
Little Rock, AR 72211
Phone: 501-664-8632
Fax: 501-664-6792

2103 S. 54th Street, Ste 1
Rogers, AR 72758
Phone: 479-957-3089
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