The Institute for the Support of Pastoral Ministries

United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities is pleased to offer religious leaders in both parish and specialized ministries the opportunity to participate in consultation groups designed to support and enhance their ministries.

2011-2012 Offerings

Registrations are closed for the Sept-May 2011-12 Pastoral Care and Counseling Groups. Please contact Christie Neuger to be placed on a waiting list for a possible January 2012 group.

The cost of each 10-month consultation track is $500 per person. Clergy in the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church may be able to obtain scholarship funds from their conference setting or annual conference. This may also apply to ministers in other denominations.

Special Topics Courses
Periodic half- to one-day courses will be held to support the work being done in each of the Institute's consultation groups. Special Topics Courses are open to all religious leaders and are not limited to persons enrolled in The Institute groups.

Christie Neuger will lead the following one-day courses:

Issues in End-of-Life Care
Tuesday, March 27
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Course description and registration form

Assessing and Dealing with Issues of Suicide
Tuesday, May 8
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Course description and registration form

The mission of the Institute is to promote continuing growth in pastoral excellence beyond the years of formal theological education by providing resources and support for ministers serving in both parish and specialized settings. The focus is on deepening reflection on and practice of the arts of ministry.

The Director

Christie Cozad Neuger
Christie Cozad Neuger has served as a pastor, chaplain, pastoral counselor, and professor. An ordained United Methodist elder, she received her Master of Divinity from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities and her Ph.D. from Claremont School of Theology.

Over the past 22 years, Christie has been a professor of pastoral counseling at Princeton Theological Seminary, United Theological Seminary, and at Brite Divinity School where she is now Professor Emerita. She is a Diplomate in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and is an active member in the Society for Pastoral Theology. With her appointment as the Institute’s founding director, United also has appointed her as its distinguished senior scholar in pastoral care.

Besides numerous articles and chapters, Christie has published four books, Counseling Women: A Narrative Pastoral Approach; The Arts of Ministry:A Feminist-Womanist Approach (edited); The Care of Men (co-edited with James Poling); and Men’s Work in Preventing Violence Against Women (co-edited with James Poling).