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Global Ministries University (GMU) is an interfaith and international online graduate school offering affordable courses, certificates, and graduate degrees in ministry, theology, interreligious studies, ethics, and peace studies. Embracing inclusivity and affirming the sacred in all traditions, GMU equips people from a variety of faiths and denominations to lead and minister with integrity, competence, and professionalism. GMU upholds the equality of persons and cultures, and practices openness toward diverse theological perspectives.
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March 2025 Global Update
Travel the Globe with GMU. Read President Grudzen’s reflection on his time in Nigeria. Learn about empowering women around the world. Understand the L.C. classification. Explore GMU and PCS courses for spring.
Spring into Spirituality!
Let the light shine in your life and in your soul! Dr. Margie Schneider is offering three courses at a discount. TH580 Creation Spirituality, TH581 Eco-Art & Creation Spirituality, and TH517 Spiritual Ecology are available individually for $235 per course, half the price of the traditional tuition. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to expand your awareness of the Divine in Creation and in You!
President Grudzen’s Reflection on His Journey to Nigeria
Had I read the travel advisory from the US State Department before going to Nigeria in February of 2025, I might not have made the journey given the danger of Boko Haram still being present in that country and particularly in the region of Kaduna where there is still a presence of Boko Haram.
During my travel from Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, to Kaduna State University for a major interfaith conference, I was accompanied by four Nigerian policemen driving in front of our caravan as my security detail.
Providentially, I made this trip, and upon reflection, it fulfilled a prophetic message that came to me 24 years ago when our daughter, Corita Grudzen, MD, was beginning her medical residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York. The attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on 9/11/2001 were emblematic of the tangible divide between Christianity and Islam in the modern world. At that time, I dedicated the remainder of my life to help heal the divide between these great spiritual traditions by completing my doctoral studies at Columbia University in NYC on the history of Christianity and Islam and the founding of Global Ministries University in 2001…
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