PATHWAYS Theological Education, Inc. is seeking an individual who shares our values of compassion, human dignity, integrity, service, and stewardship to fill our Executive Director role. The Executive Director is the community-facing point of contact for all activities related to our mission and educational services and reports directly to the PATHWAYS Board of Directors (BOD) or its designee. The individual filling this role will be expected to work collaboratively with the BOD, various committees, and the PATHWAYS’ Academic Council (PAC) to achieve strategic priorities and to deliver a student-centered educational experience responsive to the needs of our diverse learners and constituencies.
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Read MoreLaunching August 2026: PATHWAYS Environmental Justice Program
The PATHWAYS Environmental Justice Program equips faith-rooted environmental practitioners with theological grounding, place-based learning, and skills in advocacy and storytelling. Structured across three certificate levels and optional specialization tracks, the program connects local context with broader environmental justice efforts. Launching August 2026. Learn more at pathwaystheological.org.
Introducing the Old Testament (Dickinson/MBS) - Begins June 17 - REGISTER TODAY!
Using the student text Introducing the Old Testament from the Exploring the Bible Dickinson Series, Rev. Anne Robertson, author, as the foundation, this course introduces participants to the Old Testament as part of the Christian scriptural tradition. Participants who complete this course will be prepared to continue their Biblical journey with the New Testament course based on the other volumes in the series.
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Read MoreThe PATHWAYS Environmental Justice Program equips participants with the tools to engage in environmental justice work in their own communities (such as community advocates, eco-church consultants, or coalition builders among faith-based, science-based, and government-based organizations). Consisting of 17 courses in three levels (comprehending, applying, synthesizing), this program invites participants to encounter the planet’s devastation and move towards its healing. Click here for more information.
Read MoreNew course listings for April.
Read MoreEco-Theology: Centering Creation in Love begins April 8, 2026
As with all subcategories of theology, ecotheology has many facets. In this course, we will engage with theological points of view across several expressions of American Christian thought: creation care within community, creation care as incarnational love, creation care as earthkeeping, and creation care as an expression of hope. A daily environmental observational journal of wonder for the duration of the course. This can be in any format, including digital, handwritten, sketched, video, audio, photographs, etc., and media may be mixed. Assignments based on the journal are included in Week 1, Week 4, and Week 6 of the course. Each week will have a different focus on the same environment.
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Read MoreIntroducing the Old Testament (Dickinson/MBS)** begins January 7, 2026
Using the student text Introducing the Old Testament from the Exploring the Bible Dickinson Series, the author, Rev. Anne Robertson, introduces participants to the Old Testament as part of the Christian scriptural tradition. Participants who complete this course will be prepared to continue their Biblical journey with the New Testament course based on the other volumes in the series.
PATHWAYS Winter 2026 Schedule, Six-week courses beginning on January 7
Introducing the Old Testament (Dickinson/MBS)**
Environmental Literacy in God's Creation
Environmental Ethics
Stories of Christian Saints and Sinners
UCC History and Polity (12-weeks)
Faith Formation (Children, Youth,Adults)
Art of Preaching
Supervised Ministry IV
Making Sense of Theology
Theology of Gender and Sexuality
**(Introductory Level 1 Bible Course based on The Exploring the Bible Dickinson Series by Rev. Anne Robertson, published by the Massachusetts Bible Society.)
Go to the PATHWAYS website (pathwaystheological.org) to learn more and to apply for this and other courses.
Read MoreWhat are the essentials of the Christian faith? How do you understand the realm of God, salvation, and the message of Jesus? What is Christianity’s role in the pluralistic role? These are foundational questions for Christian life and theological formation. Over the next six weeks, you will explore, reflect on, and discuss these aspects of Christian theology from a progressive perspective. You will be asked to trace how your theological understandings have evolved because of church experience, study, and growth. You will also consider these topics and integrate them with the course work already completed in the PATHWAYS program.
Go to the PATHWAYS website (pathwaystheological.org) to learn more and to apply for this and other courses.
Read MoreIntroduction to Spiritual Health (Pastoral Care) begins August 1.
Through personal reflection and exploration of current pastoral care paradigms, this 6-week course offers training to
identify and apply best practices in empathetic listening
understand models of pastoral care assessment
create a pastoral care plan based on spiritual assessment tools
articulate how to provide pastoral care effectively in diverse cultural settings.
The course outcome project will give you an opportunity to apply what you have learned within your own faith community or practice context.
SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, September 13, 2025, 7:00p.m.
Come celebrate with us! PATHWAYS Theological's Benefit Concert sponsored by Lena’s Place Coffee House in the beautiful Central Congregational UCC sanctuary in Atlanta. Enjoy great local musicians (Maureen & Matthew Shelton, and Mockingbird’s Wing) and delicious refreshments. Watch for more information including how to attend online.
Go to the PATHWAYS website (pathwaystheological.org) to learn more and to apply for this and other courses.
Read MoreAre you considering studying more about the Bible or working toward the Bible Studies Certificate? A good overview of the Bible, What is the Bible? (Dickinson/MBS), begins September 17.
The 3-course Bible Studies Certificate guides the learner to deepen their knowledge and current scholarship of the Old and New Testaments, while also giving the learner opportunities to create and teach curriculum in their own faith community.
· Old Testament Hermeneutics 08/6/2025 - 9/23/2025
· New Testament Hermeneutics 10/8/2025 - 11/18/2025
· Approved Elective Course with Bible Study Project
Go to the PATHWAYS website to learn more and to apply for these and other courses.
Read MoreBeginning May 7, PATHWAYS offers The Bible as Guide: Going Green, a 6-week course in the Environmental Justice program. Using The Green Bible: New Revised Standard Version, your faith community’s hymnal, online discussions, a daily journal, and more, this course will explore how creation is at the heart of the Bible. What are the ways humans, as part of the web of life, impact all of creation negatively or positively? How does the Bible guide us as stewards of creation? How does the Bible’s story of creation intersect with concerns about climate change?
Go to the PATHWAYS website (pathwaystheological.org) to learn more and to apply for this and other courses.
Read MoreBy completing the four theological courses below and a project (which you design with the approval and oversight of a facilitator/supervisor), you will earn this certificate and be eligible for continuing education credits.
The project could be a curriculum design for your faith community, a sermon, a discussion group or another way in which you can share what you learned with your faith community.
Go to the PATHWAYS website (pathwaystheological.org) to learn more and to apply for this certificate or other offerings.
Read MoreThe lay and authorized congregational leaders can now obtain the Faith Formation Practitioner certificate through this new program. This initiative aims to assist the conferences and committees on ministry by providing a comprehensive course of study for lay ministry that is progressive, theologically sound, and based on the Marks of Faithful and Effective Authorized Ministers.
Read MoreAre you looking for an open-minded, community-oriented online theological course where your doubts and questions are welcome? Register for one course or complete a certificate program. PATHWAYS Theological Education, Inc. also has a complete educational program for those seeking to become authorized ministers. Check the website, www.pathwaystheological.org, to learn more about the program.
Read MoreFor PATHWAYS THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION, Inc. Late Spring and Summer courses, go to the schedule to find out more and to sign up:
Small Church Administration begins April 10, 2024
Contemporary Homiletics begins April 10, 2024
Living the Heart of Progressive Christian Theology begins April 10, 2024
Ethics and a Life of Meaning begins May 1, 2024
Stories of Christian Saints and Sinners begins May 8, 2024
Preaching for Special Occasions begins May 8, 2024
UCC History and Polity begins May 8, 2024
Congregational Ministry and the Future Church begins May 15, 2024
What about the Bible begins June 1, 2024
Variety of Belief within Christianity Today begins June 19, 2024
Introduction to Spiritual Health (Pastoral Care) begins June 19, 2024
Practicing Our Faith in the Public Square begins June 26, 2024
Pluralism and Religion in North America begins July 10, 2024
Read MoreAre you looking for an open-minded, online theological course where your doubts and questions are welcome?
Do you want to know more about Jesus speaking for justice and the poor?
Are you exploring authorized ministry?
Do you want a theological education by which you can begin, finish, or supplement a suite of courses already completed?
PATHWAYS Theological Education, Inc. has a complete educational program for those seeking to be authorized ministers.
If you are theologically curious - individual courses, continuing education, and certificates are also available. Check out their offerings.
Read MoreOn the UCC website, it states,
“Gender & Sexuality Justice Ministries seeks transformative justice for our faith communities and congregations by just action and love for all. ~ We believe in the justice-oriented ministry of Jesus and act with those facing systemic oppression at the intersection of gender & sexuality to offer care, sex positive education & curriculum, gender & bodily autonomy education & programming, policy & advocacy and partnership and outreach opportunities.”
For those seeking greater knowledge and depth in addressing this important justice issue, PATHWAYS Theological Education, Inc. offers a course where participants from across the country have a place to gather in online conversations. Go to PATHWAYSTheological.org to register or to find out more about the course, Theology of Gender and Sexuality.
There is still time to register for this course as well as UCC Polity and History, and several other courses which begin in early January 2024.
Read MorePATHWAYS Theological Education, Inc., invites you to consider its Progressive Christian theological education courses. PATHWAYS exists to offer a range of stimulating, accessible, and affordable online progressive Christian resources for church leaders, faith explorers, pastors, and those discerning various vocations and callings within and outside the church community. In PATHWAYS online courses, the class size is small!
Read MorePATHWAYS Theological Education, Inc. is a 501c3 program that grew from a program of the Southeast Conference UCC. It remains affiliated with the Southeast Conference. The program offers a full menu of courses for those seeking authorized ministry, for those wanting continuing education, and for those looking for a progressive theology, ethics, or practical church course. The courses are asynchronous, geographically unbound, affordable, and aligned with the UCC Marks of Faithful and Effective Authorized Ministers. Please be in touch with any questions. You may apply online at pathwaystheological.org.
Read MorePATHWAYS Theological Education, Inc. exists to offer a range of stimulating, accessible, and affordable online progressive Christian resources for church leaders, faith explorers, pastors, and those discerning various vocations and callings within and outside the church community.
Read MorePATHWAYS Theological Education, Inc. is pleased to announce the January term online, asynchronous courses that are accessible and affordable for curious Progressive Christians. All courses are designed with the Marks of Faithful and Effective Authorized Ministers at their core, and are helpful to anyone who wants to develop spiritual and leadership gifts for use in the church and the world.
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