LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (June 30, 2025)—The Board of Directors of the Methodist Foundation for Arkansas (MFA) has elected seven new members:

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (June 26, 2025)—The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas (MFA) last week presented a $30,000 grant to Lydia Patterson Institute (LPI) of El Paso, Texas, and challenged United Methodists in Arkansas to match or exceed that amount of giving to MFA’s LPI Fund, which will be transferred to LPI for student support.

CONWAY, Ark. (June 5, 2025)—Nadia Bolz-Weber, a New York Times bestselling author and ordained Lutheran pastor, will speak in Staples Auditorium on the campus of Hendrix College Monday, November 3, 2025, at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Applications are now open for the third cohort of the Compelling Preaching Initiative.

Members of the Methodist Foundation for Arkansas Bishops’ Club gathered Friday, May 16, 2025, at Camp Aldersgate in Little Rock. They were pleased to hear from keynote speaker The Honorable Mark Leverett, who serves as State District Judge for District 31, Little Rock 3, but who received the invitation to address the Bishops’ Club primarily because of another leadership role he holds: Chair of the Oscar Washington Jr. Educational Fund.

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.

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.

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.

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.