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2025 MFA Seminary Scholars

Rogers, Shepherd Selected for MFA Seminary Scholarships

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (May 21, 2025)—The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas has selected Grace Rogers and LaToya Shepherd as 2025 Seminary Scholars. The MFA Seminary Scholarships will cover the full tuition of the United Methodist seminaries at which they are enrolled.

MFA Announces April 2026 Clergy Journey to Taizé, France

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (May 1, 2025)—The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas’s next International Study Cohort will travel to Taizé, France, April 13 through 22, 2026, for a five-day immersive experience among the monastic community there. The itinerary also includes two days in Paris.

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The Honorable Mark Leverett to Keynote MFA Bishops’ Club Luncheon

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 16, 2025)—The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas has chosen The Hon. Mark Leverett as the keynote speaker for its annual Bishops’ Club Luncheon, an invitation-only event set for Friday, May 16.

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Methodist Foundation for AR Announces Grants Made in Q1 2025

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 4, 2025)—The Grants Committee of the Methodist Foundation for Arkansas (MFA) Board of Directors has awarded a total of seven grants in their first three monthly meetings of the year, with grant funds totaling $131,692.

MFA to Reduce Cost for Tanako’s AC Kids Camp by Half

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 21, 2025) — The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas (MFA) has announced a grant to reduce the cost of participation in the four-day, three-night “AC Kids Camp” at Camp Tanako to just $75 per child — half of the amount charged in previous years.

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Methodist Foundation for Arkansas to Fund 14 EV Charging Stations

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (February 10, 2025)—The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas (MFA) has announced a grant program that will provide EV charging stations to 14 local United Methodist congregations or affiliated institutions in Arkansas that hold at least one account with MFA.

MFA Holy Land Trip 2025

MFA’s 2025 Holy Land Trip for Laity Set for October 13-23

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (February 5, 2025) — The Rev. Mackey Yokem, Director of Leadership Ministries for the Methodist Foundation for Arkansas, will serve as host for an Educational Opportunities journey to the Holy Land set for October 13-23, 2025.

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MFA Brings SMU’s Perkins Summit to Little Rock, Offers Full Scholarships for Laity

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (February 5, 2025) — The Perkins Summit for Faith and Learning offers a wide range of theological mini-courses for laypersons, community leaders and clergy. Somewhere between seminary and Sunday School, the Summit leverages the rich learning community of SMU’s Perkins School of Theology to provide an experience in theological education.

Lead(HER) Conference Scholarships for Female Clergy

Arkansas UM Clergywomen Offered Full Scholarship to Lead(HER) Conference

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (February 4, 2025) — Clergywomen of the Arkansas Conference: MFA is offering full scholarships to Lead(HER), a new conference for women in pastoral leadership hosted April 29-30 by Resurrection, a United Methodist congregation in Leawood, Kan.

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