Education for Ministry (EfM) is a distance learning programme of theological education for lay people.

There are four years but participants commit for one year at a time, meeting in small groups for study and practice to aid them in discovering and nurturing their call to Christian service.

EfM helps the faithful encounter the breadth and depth of the Christian tradition and bring it into conversation with their experiences of the world as they study, worship, and engage in theological reflection together.

Participants take what they learn about scripture, church history, theology, inter-faith studies and ethics into their own lives and hearts, in order to support them in living out a vibrant baptismal ministry in the church and in the world. (EfM Canada)

EfM invites the people of God to discern and act in faith through small-group reflection. (Sewanee)

EfM helps the faithful encounter the breadth and depth of the Christian tradition and bring it into conversation with their experiences of the world as they study, worship, and engage in theological reflection together. (Sewanee)

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Ministry

"One of the greatest theological insights of the past two decades by most denominations of the Christian Church is that every baptised person is called to the ministry of the whole people of God. The EfM programme provides people with the education and training they need to carry out that ministry." (EfM Canada)

EfM students

EfM students work with:

    The Hebrew Scriptures
    The Christian Testament and church history,
    Biblical exegesis and systematic theology
    Ethics, liturgics and theological issues of this century.
    Materials for specific study of the history of Christianity in Canada.

Students meet in weekly seminar groups led by a trained mentor, in those sessions they share their faith journeys and reflect on issues from their daily lives, and their studies. (EfM Canada)

Mentors
Laura Dey - 250-929-8591, lauradey18@shaw.ca & Rev. Deborah Rivet - 250-709-4017, revdeb@shaw.ca