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 Hama still 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 did make this trip, and upon reflection, it did fulfill 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…
Join people from around the world in solidarity with migrants, refugees, and displaced people during GMU’s sponsored free online conference on February 6-8, 2025.
Learn about President Grudzen’s visits to India and Nigeria.
Congratulate GMU’s librarian, Judy Clarence, on her new Substack newsletter and read her column on timely research sourcing.
Keep up with GMU’s course offerings and those of the CCT and PCS.
The latest GMU podcast has “dropped.” This time, you can watch as well as listen. Bishop William Manseau, a founder of FCM; Tom Cusack, current FCM president; GMU students and FCM members Esther Nditi and Michal Lewon; and Gerald Grudzen, President of GMU,...
Judy Clarence, GMU librarian and a published poet, taught a Zoom class on Poetry as Prayer on Monday, September 9. Marita Grudzen coordinated this free class. View the video now.
Updated with a beautiful memory from Jean’s daughter, Carrie Dille. Students, faculty, and administration of GMU remember Jean and her leadership at GMU in this loving tribute led by her husband and co-director of the Center for Celebrant Training, Mike Conley.
President of Global Ministries University, Gerald Grudzen, Th.D., was given a “Global Peace Award” by the Buddhist Council of America during its 3rd Global Peace Conference, on June 16, 2024, International Vesak Day.
