DDH House Blog

Theological Education forum online

Shared by Mark Miller-McLemore on November 10, 2011

Several friends and colleagues have called my attention to a recent online forum on the future of theological education. I read a few of the many many posts there and find them interesting, especially in light of the combination of factors that the Disciples House, in connection with an ecumenical university Divinity School, can offer. Disciples were amazingly wise to establish places such as this! I am glad to have been associated with the two Houses, each valuable in its own way.

The conversation can be found at http://www.patheos.com/Topics/Future-of-Seminary-Education.html

Contextualizing theological education at VDS: why we do what we do

Shared by Mark Miller-McLemore on August 3, 2011

Disciples Divinity House Opening Retreat 2011

Mark Miller-McLemore, 8/2011

The Disciples House model is rare among North American churches. Its approach has been so successful that we are tempted to forget that it is still experimental and fragile.

In 1950, church and school were not as separated as they are now. It was enough for a Disciples House to provide support, inexpensive housing, and the spontaneous community that naturally emerges in such a setting. Situations have changed. Now Disciples Divinity House at Vanderbilt more intentionally locates itself in the middle—between the church and the School—because School and Church really do need one another. When separate, each is less than it might be. The School tells the…