Continuing Education
Online continuing education resource list.
What Mid-America Clergy are Reading.
Vaccines, the Role of Faith Groups & How to Stay Safe - 3/24/2021 webinar from
National Council of Churches (qualifies for CE credit)
2023 Continuing Education form - online version (due 1/15/2024)
2023 Continuing Education form - fillable version to save/email (due 1/15/2024)
2023 Continuing Education form - printable version (due 1/15/2024)
2024 Standing Renewal form - online version (due 1/15/2024)
2024 Standing Renewal form - fillable version to save/email (due 1/15/2024)
2024 Standing Renewal form - printable version (due 1/15/2024)
Retired-Inactive Clergy information form - online version
Retired-Inactive Clergy information form - printable version
Letter to Mid-America clergy about policy changes 8/23/16.
Continuing Education Policy (CoM 9)
What qualifies as continuing education?
Mid-America Disciples expect their clergy to be as well informed and continuously educated as their physicians, attorneys and other professionals. Clergy with standing commit to a minimum of 15 contact hours of continuing education in any of the 16 areas of ministry and may include up to 6 hours of reading. They complete and send in a report of their continuing education in January. Some (though not all) activities that count for continuing education:
Spiritual discipline retreats
Completed seminars, workshops, or graduate coursework (on site or on-line) offered by institutions of higher education. (Those interested in transferable hours for graduate level programs may prefer to consider those institutions accredited by the Association of Theological Schools of the United States and Canada (ATS) and/or included in the database of the U.S. Department of Education Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs)
Completed coursework through Pastoral Ministry Training Program at Philips Theological Seminary.
Completed units of accredited Clinical Pastoral Education
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) sponsored general, regional, area and cluster educational events
Seminars and workshops offered by professional associations (e.g. American Association of Pastoral Counselors, Association of Professional Chaplains, Association of Disciple Musicians, etc.)
What is done with this information?
Confirm that you have met the minimum required (15) continuing education hours to retain Standing
Provide valuable information for continuing education event planners and your clergy colleagues throughout the Region