Western     Mission         Cluster

Consultation II December 10-12, 1999 Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center, Carefree AZ

In December of 1999,  the second WMC Concultation, including Continuing Education Directors, Presidents of Luther and Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminaries, and now expanded to include representatives of ELCA Synods and church colleges from regions 1, 2, and 3, and a few other invited participants from the Eastern and Covenant Clusters of the ELCA,  gathered to further our common discussion of mission and strategy for the future of continuing education in light of Clustering and the Eleven Imperatives for Theological Education. Following is a summary Report of the Consultation and the text of major presentations that initiated the discussion.

Summary Report
Western Mission Cluster Consultation on Theological Education
Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center, Carefree, AZ
December 10-12, 1999

"A Theology of Mission and the Missional Church in the United States"
by Craig Van Gelder, Ph.D, Professor of Congregational Mission
Luther Seminary, St Paul, Minnesota

A Strategic Plan For the Western Mission Cluster in Providing Theological Education
by Dr. John Schiller & Dr. Phyllis Anderson

Proceedings: Discussion Notes Transcribed from Newsprint
Notes from the discussion of consultation participants as transcribed from newsprint pages