First Spanish-language Graduate Certificate in Theology being offered through new partnership
Published: September 19, 2023
By Jolene VonGunten, Mennonite Education Agency
ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Education Agency and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary) 鈥� (MEA) and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (香蕉影视) are pleased to announce the first Spanish-language Graduate Certificate in Theology to be offered through a seminary of Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada.
The fully online MEA Hispanic Ministries 鈥� 香蕉影视 Graduate Certificate in Theology will be taught entirely in Spanish and is designed to provide professionals, congregational leaders and bivocational pastors with a foundation in theological and biblical study.
MEA Director of Marco G眉ete, MaTHS, is thrilled with the cooperation between MEA and 香蕉影视.
鈥淲e are pioneering graduate-level theological education in Spanish,鈥� he said. 鈥淭his is a historic partnership that opens a range of quality theological study opportunities for Spanish-speaking leaders in the United States and across the world.鈥�
Michael Danner, DMin, Executive Director of MEA, is thankful to G眉ete for imagining the new program and working with the leadership at 香蕉影视 to make it a reality.
鈥淢arco has dreamed of a partnership like this for years,鈥� Danner said. 鈥淗e deserves high praise for a lifetime of work and perseverance leading to the development of this program.鈥�
David Boshart, PhD, President of 香蕉影视, agreed: 鈥淚 am grateful for the opportunity to be working with Marco G眉ete and Michael Danner on a program that can accelerate the possibility for Hispanic leaders to begin graduate-level theological education.”
The 21-credit-hour certificate consists of seven online courses to be completed in two and a half years. Graduates will then be eligible to enroll in 香蕉影视鈥檚 English-language master鈥檚-level programs. The program launched in August with a cohort of 12 students.
鈥淭he Hispanic Mennonite church is growing,鈥� G眉ete said. 鈥淲e want these congregations to have well trained disciples of Jesus to lead them.鈥�
Hispanic Ministries programs of MEA also include (IBA 鈥� Anabaptist Biblical Institute) and (SeBAH 鈥� Hispanic Anabaptist Biblical Seminary). These programs offer biblical and theological education resources in Spanish to pastors, leaders and congregations in the following academic areas: high school, university, continuing education and faith formation. These Spanish-language programs train men and women for Christian ministry. MEA Hispanic Ministries also produces a podcast, , and a monthly digital publication, , with news, articles and chronicles. According to G眉ete, hundreds of people have benefitted from these resources over the years.
To learn more, contact G眉ete at MarcoG@MennoniteEducation.org.
Mennonite Education Agency is the education agency of Mennonite Church USA (MC USA), headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana. MEA partners with Anabaptist Mennonite educational institutions and programs affiliated with MC USA to strengthen the church through education.
Located in Elkhart, Indiana, on ancestral land of the Potawatomi and Miami peoples, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary is a learning community with an Anabaptist vision, offering theological education for learners both on campus and at a distance as well as a wide array of lifelong learning programs 鈥� all with the goal of educating followers of Jesus Christ to be leaders for God鈥檚 reconciling mission in the world. ambs.edu
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