January / February 2010

		ONLINE EXCLUSIVE Certified for Word and Service: Nebraska’s Parish Ministry Associate Program by Judy Gifford Seventeen years ago, the ELCA Nebraska Synod began thinking of ways to deepen education among laity. One result of this was the formation of the Parish Ministry Associates program.

		ONLINE EXCLUSIVE Dispelling Myths and Musing about the Future by Robin Steinke A changed and changing context for mission as well as the economic recession have converged to prompt ELCA seminaries to rethink and reimagine once again how best to prepare leaders for ministry.

		Rethinking Theological Education Again by Phyllis Anderson Twenty years after the birth of the ELCA and the initiation of the Study of Theological Education, its director, now a seminary president, assesses the current context for ELCA seminaries and the Study’s continuing relevance.

		Answering the Call to Real Discipleship by Jeff Elmquist Christ calls people to discipleship in the world—in their daily lives wherever that may be—but sometimes sermons and pastors’ personal stories send a different, and unintended, message.

These articles appeared in the January / February 2010 issue of Lutheran Partners (vol. 26, no. 1) and Lutheran Partners Online.