Missio Seminary, an inter/multidenominational, evangelical school, seeks a five-year grant for partial funding of its Program for Urban Leaders and Pastors in Transition (PULPIT); an effort to support pastors serving urban congregations in the Philadelphia metropolitan region, and help them negotiate various key professional transitions at different stages of their ministerial careers. The program will bring pastors together as peer colleagues to develop healthy support systems for each other, encourage them to attend to their own health and wellness, and equip them to address challenges faced by urban churches. In addition, this endeavor will help the pastors develop flourishing relationships with other pastors that cross racial, ethnic and socioeconomic boundaries, and encourage them to help their congregations bridge these divides. To sustain the program, Missio Seminary will incorporate programmatic components into its operating budget and its doctor of ministry degree program.
PULPIT (Program for Urban Leaders and Pastors in Transition)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Seminary or School of Theology
Ecumenical/Interdenominational
Bi-vocational/Multi-vocational/Part-time
Black/African American/African diaspora
Church planters
Early Career
Ecumenical/Interdenominational
Hispanic/Latino/a/x
Late Career
Men
Mid-Career
Millenials in ministry
Multi-cultural contexts
Post-Christian context
Retiring
Senior Pastors
Urban
White
Women
Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander