Theological Education

theological podcast | Assessing Spiritual Formation | Pastoral Formation | Theological Education | Theological education in Canada | Thinking Teams Podcast
Leading Through Change: Kristen Deede Johnson on Community, Conflict, and Christian Formation
ByJason E. Mills, PhD October 20, 2026October 23, 2026
How can Christian institutions navigate change without losing sight of their calling? Jason Mills speaks with Dr. Kristen Deede Johnson, Principal of Wycliffe College, about community, conflict, collaboration, and the importance of deep Christian formation in unsettled times.
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theological podcast | AI | Theological Education | Theological education in Canada | Thinking Teams Podcast
AI in Theological Education: Anna Robbins on Leadership, Formation, and the Future
ByJason E. Mills, PhD October 6, 2026October 12, 2026
How should theological school faculty respond to a world shaped by artificial intelligence? Dr. Anna Robbins, president of Acadia Divinity College, joins host Jason Mills to talk about it.
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theological podcast | competency-based theological education | Theological Education | Theological education in Canada
A Conversation about Competency-Based Theological Education (CBTE) with Dr. Kenton Anderson, President of Providence University College and Theological Seminary in Otterburne, MB
ByJason E. Mills, PhD September 22, 2026September 22, 2026
Dr. Kenton Anderson joined Jason Mills on The Thinking Teams Podcast to talk about Competency-Based Theological Education and his role as President of Providence University College and Theological Seminary
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Theological Education | Theological education in Canada | Uncategorized | vocation
Three critical questions about the goal of theological education
ByJason E. Mills, PhD May 31, 2026May 31, 2026
Last week I spent a couple of days on the campus of Canadian Mennonite University for a Christian Higher Education Canada gathering. The conference theme was “Calling and Vocational Christian Ministry: the Landscape is Changing.” Three presenters and three respondents spoke about three areas of interest: the phenomena of multi-vocational ministry, the rise of people…
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Briercrest Seminary | CoVo Certificates | lay leaders | Pathways for Tomoorrow grant | Theological Education
Co-Vocational Certificates
ByJason E. Mills, PhD December 19, 2025May 4, 2026
Back in the summer I was trying to figure out a way for Co-Vocational Canada to be sustainable. As you may be aware, Co-Vocational Canada is a ministry of Briercrest Seminary that has been funded by a generous grant from the Lilly Foundation through the Pathways for Tomorrow phase 2 initiative. Our funding is set to…
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Glassroom Learning | Jason Mills | Online Pastoral Education | Theological Education
My Published Book – Glassroom Learning
ByJason E. Mills, PhD August 20, 2023May 4, 2026
Pickwick Publications just released my first book. Glassroom Learning: Virtual Culture and Online Pastoral Education is my reworked PhD dissertation in which I invite theological educators to consider the effects of technology on human formation when educating using Web-based systems. Here’s a fuller description: Christian higher education institutions across North America are experimenting with radical…
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Association of Theological Schools | character maturity | Regent College | Spiritual Formation Standards | Theological Education | Tyndale Seminary
Standards of spiritual formation and character maturity in theological education
ByJason E. Mills, PhD September 25, 2021May 4, 2026
I’ve been thinking about clergy formation and the role of theological schools. I’ve been particularly focused on thinking about standards of spiritual and character maturity. Should there be standards? If so, what would the be? How might those standards be assessed? And, should they be assessed when someone is applying to a theological school, upon…
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Dan Aleshire | David Kelsey | Paideia | Theological Education
Paideia Education
ByJason E. Mills, PhD July 30, 2021May 4, 2026
In his book Between Athens and Berlin, David Kelsey describes what the term paideia meant in ancient Athens. He writes, “… ‘paideia’ simply named an unself-conscious educational process through which young free males were ‘formed’ by those virtues they would need in order to function as responsible adult citizens. The process involved the whole person.”…
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Craig Gay | Embodiment | incarnation | online learning | Theological Education
Embodiment and Learning
ByJason E. Mills, PhD April 16, 2021May 4, 2026
Part of my research has to do with online education and embodiment. While many Christian scholars focus on the pedagogical considerations of online education, few deal with the theological implications. For example, what happens to our understanding of the incarnation when theological learning happens via the Web? Regent College Professor, Craig Gay has given some…
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Benjamín Valentín | Looking Forward With Hope | Theological Education
Looking Forward With Hope
ByJason E. Mills, PhD February 26, 2021May 4, 2026
I recently reviewed Looking Forward With Hope by Benjamín Valentín. Valentín’s 2019 volume addresses the state of mainline Protestant Theological Education in North America. You can read the published review here for free or via subscription to the Toronto Journal of Theology.
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