We are busy planning the 3 rd Annual Preaching Conference and recruiting new participants for our third class of emerging preachers! If you know of anyone who is discerning a call to preach, please recommend CGPI to them. We are focused on recruiting aspiring and newer preachers who have little to now formal training in preaching or graduate theological education in order to equip them for effective and compelling ministry proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ. You can read about the...

We are busy planning the 2026 Alma Preaching Conference and moreover recruiting a new class of CGPI participants. The Alma Preaching Conference is scheduled for June 4-8, 2026 where we will welcome a new, third class of emerging preachers and welcome back our second class.  Apply here:  Apply for CGPI | Synod Of The Covenan   Our second year group will participate in two new or revamped workshops, a workshop on preaching for social justice led by the Rev. Dr. Gregory Bryant from the...

We are thrilled to announce that we have four of our five mentors in place. We hope to soon announce our fifth mentor, who will come from our partnership with the Justice Center for Sacred Theological Studies (JCSTS, formerly known as Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary). The four mentors who will guide our third class of emerging preachers bring years of experience and wisdom from preaching and pastoring across the Synod.  Rev. Dr. Kymberley Clemons-Jones Rev. Dr. Kymberley Clemons-Jones...