{"id":136,"date":"2010-09-09T09:55:41","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T14:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ipsinaction.com\/ips\/?p=136"},"modified":"2024-06-20T15:48:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T15:48:05","slug":"ministry-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/?p=136","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Ministry Education for Today\u2019s World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsinaction.com\/ips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Bob_Ludwig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-137\" style=\"margin-bottom: 4px;margin-right: 4px;border: 1px solid black\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ipsinaction.com\/ips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Bob_Ludwig.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a>Loyola\u2019s Institute of Pastoral Studies (IPS) is impacting the way  people think about professional ministry, spiritual development, and  faith-based leadership education.<\/p>\n<p>IPS educates people of  many denominations in theology and ministry skills in the setting of a  contemporary Jesuit university. According to Robert Ludwig, Director of  IPS, ministry is defined broadly\u2014as the people of God serving the reign  of God in multiple and various venues, some inside the church and others  in a variety of settings (healthcare, education, non-profits,  counseling agencies, retreat houses, inter-faith urban ministries,  etc.).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe variety of programs is a huge strength,\u201d  Ludwig says. \u201cAll of our programs have field education components in  either a practicum or internship so that everyone who goes through our  programs is learning in classroom and<strong> <\/strong>ministry settings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students  may participate in many aspects of the IPS experience online, including  virtual open houses and orientations, two full degree programs, and  in-class participation through Skype and Blackboard. In 2010, 20% of IPS  students are taking one or more classes online, opening the tradition  of ministry and theology at Loyola to students across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe try to make learning easily accessible for the adult student,\u201d Ludwig says.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about how <a href=\"http:\/\/luc.edu\/ips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IPS<\/a> is changing to meet the needs of today\u2019s world, please visit <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/luc.edu\/ips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loyola University Chicago | Institute of Pastoral Studies<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loyola\u2019s Institute of Pastoral Studies (IPS) is impacting the way people think about professional ministry, spiritual development, and faith-based leadership education. IPS educates people of many denominations in theology and ministry skills in the setting of a contemporary Jesuit university. According to Robert Ludwig, Director of IPS, ministry is defined broadly\u2014as the people of God <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/?p=136\"> read more <span class=\"meta-nav\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4914,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions\/4914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.luc.edu\/ips\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}