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.

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.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (February 4, 2025) — Any student attending a United Methodist seminary and seeking ordination as an Elder or Deacon within the Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church is eligible to apply for the MFA Seminary Scholarship, which provides $22,000 per year for a three-year period. The application window for Fall 2025 is now open.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (January 6, 2025)—The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas will offer young United Methodists from across the state an opportunity for scholarships to attend programs provided by Camp Tanako and Ozark Mission Project on a first-come, first-serve basis for the 2025 calendar year.

We Want to Give Your Church $50 to Celebrate Your Pastors!

The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas wants to help your church celebrate your clergy members during Pastor Appreciation Month.

I keep an article by Karen Manczko, the Foundation’s Wespath Institutional Investments contact person, entitled “What John Wesley’s ‘Three Simple Rules’ Teach Us about Values Aligned Investing.” Wespath, formally the General Board of Pensions for the United Methodist Church, manages most of the assets for The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas.

Among friends of The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas, there was much to celebrate at the 38th Annual Bishops’ Club Luncheon. This year’s event, held on Friday, May 17, 2024, at Little Rock’s Camp Aldersgate, included a record attendance crowd and featured speaker Dr. Ashley Boggan, the General Secretary of the General Commission on Archives and History.

The Journeys of Paul to Greece and Turkey International Study Cohort will be a comprehensive international study experience comprised of fifteen pastors who will study overseas for the purpose of gaining knowledge and information that will strengthen their preaching in local congregations.

On Saturday, September 23, 2023, The Methodist Foundation for Arkansas and over 200 of our closest friends celebrated 60 years of supporting Methodist ministries in Arkansas. Thank you to all who joined us!