Doctor of Ministry Campus Classes
Meet October 15-19 & 22-26

The Doctor of Ministry degree is a 36 hour program beyond the Master of Divinity degree.  Graduates awarded degrees in June, 2008 will be the seventh graduating class.  Students enrolled in the DMin program come from many areas of the world--Jamaica, Nigeria, North America, India, Canada, and Great Britain.

Dr. Oliver McMahan, is Dean of Ministries and Director of the Doctor of Ministry program.  If you are interested in pursuing a Doctor's degree or would like more information, contact Anthony Lombard by phone (800-228-9126) or email (alombard@cogts.edu).

Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies (EFMA) becomes “The Mission Exchange”

The Evangelical Fellowship of Mission Agencies (EFMA), an organization with a long, rich history, has a new name.  The EFMA is now The Mission Exchange.  EFMA was formed in 1946 out of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) to foster greater collaboration between mission agencies (the Church of God is a founding member of NAE and Church of God World Missions a pioneer member of EFMA). Through a lengthy process of prayer and strategic reflection, the EFMA board of directors agreed to change the name to The Mission Exchange to make sure the identity of the organization accurately reflected its vision. 
 
Veteran Church of God mission leader Grant McClung, an elected member of the Church of God International Executive Council, is also a member the Executive Board for the organization and was involved in the research and strategy leading to the new brand roll out. “This strategic initiative reflects the new realities in the world missions community,” said McClung, “and focuses on dynamic new services and events that add value to missions leaders and local churches.”   An event being planned is the “North American Mission Leaders Conference,” scheduled for September 24 – 27, 2008 in Denver, Colorado – a combined gathering of North American mission leaders, pastors, and educators for encouragement, learning and networking, including a first ever local church mission leader track (details at www.TheMissionExchange.org).

“My experience with The Mission Exchange (formerly EFMA), “McClung noted, “is that they deliver a relevant combination of high impact teaching with high impact networking.” McClung projects that in the coming years the Great Commission community – alive and growing – will emerge into a “new quadralogue,” the intersection (exchange) of four key players in this new millennium of missions:

1. Assembly (the local church)
2. Agency (mission agencies/denominational missions departments)
3. Academy (missions training systems – seminaries, colleges, etc.)
4. "Agora” (New Testament term for “marketplace,” the daily world of “global believers” among the laity in the marketplace).

McClung is the author of numerous books and articles on world missions, including Globalbeliever.com: Connecting To God’s Work in Your World (Pathway Press 2004)