This news release from the Episcopal Church's Seminary of the Southwest contains exciting news about a new opportunity for cyber-study to enrich our congregational ministries.
Seminary of the Southwest offers premier Hispanic Ministry online course
AUSTIN, TEXAS - Registration is now open for the first Hispanic
Ministry course to be offered online by an Episcopal seminary.
The spring slate of online courses at the Episcopal Seminary of the
Southwest includes "Historical and Cultural Contexts for Hispanic
Ministry." The Rev. Dr. Paul Barton, assistant professor of Hispanic
studies at the seminary, will offer the course April 14 through May
23.
While many of the 11 seminaries in the Episcopal Church offer online
courses, no offering has focused solely on Hispanic ministry, said
the Rev. Canon Daniel Caballero, Hispanic ministry missioner of the
Episcopal Church.
Since Hispanic ministry does not occur in a social and cultural
vacuum, the course stresses taking into account the historical and
cultural contexts of particular communities and congregations.
There are no educational prerequisites for this Lay School online
course. The six-week class is limited to 25 persons and tuition is
$65 per course. Detailed course description of the Barton course and
two others, as well as a registration l