The Kerusso – November | 2025 Kerusso (Greek): “To publish, proclaim openly: something which has been done.”
Learning More About the EMC By: Max Edwards The Cabinet of Superintendents has been working to both enhance and expand the introductory course required of everyone coming into ministry in the EMC. In the Haggard School of Ministry curriculum, it is HI-101 “This is the EMC.” Students enrolled in the Haggard School are required to complete this course, as well as every person achieving credentials or transferring into the EMC, but you may be surprised to know that anyone across the denomination who wishes to take it (adults or older teens) may attend. Contact the headquarters office to register or for more information about the class. We have made two somewhat significant alterations from its previous version. The first is that we will be teaching it live, face-to-face for most everyone taking it. During the middle years of the four-year quadrennium, “This is the EMC” will be offered as a full-day, in-person class on the Wednesdays prior to Journey meetings across the country in at least a couple of different locations. This will hopefully afford clergy and lay persons alike to attend at a regionally located site accessible to their home and home church. However, we are aware that there are situations and work schedules that make attending a day-long class in the middle of the week a true impossibility. For that reason, we will be looking at the possibility of offering it on a Saturday at one of the Journey locations, starting in 2027, AND we will offer it once a year via electronic meeting (ZOOM) for those who can give explanation or evidence that a live class would be a true hardship for them. The second major change is a greatly expanded content. We have enhanced the material to flow in harmony with our overall vision, comprising these categories: Worship, Discipleship, Holiness, and Evangelism. Since 2026 is a General Conference year, and there will be no Journey meetings, we will indeed be offering the class live in Indianapolis on a date yet to be determined, as well as once online. The live class will be one full day, while the online class will span two days in 4-hour blocks. We will keep you informed when the actual dates are set. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT NOVEMBER IS A MONTH FOR MAKING A UNIQUE GLOBAL IMPACT. Our annual November Missions Offering promotion is in full swing, and I want to strongly encourage each EMC church across the US Conference to receive a Thanksgiving Missions Offering to be sent to the Missions Board at headquarters. Great things are happening in our Global Conferences - - New believers are being baptized; Churches are being planted; Domestic Missionaries are being sent; and Compassionate Care is being offered to the poor and needy. PLEASE MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO EMPHASIZE AND RECEIVE THIS OFFERING IN EVERY LOCAL CHURCH. You can contribute to the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ through this one simple act. Souls will be forever changed!