Forming Ministers for the Service of the Church and the Community
2024-25: UNILIMI develops academic programs to address the need for ministerial and spiritual training for pastors and ministers of urban churches, with a focus on the Latino community in U.S. cities. Many ministers have great potential but face barriers such as language and limited resources, preventing them from fully serving their communities. UNILIMI offers Competency-Based Theological Education, tackles challenges like limited tech skills and study time by offering flexible online alternatives, and offers mentoring. The “Forming Ministers for the Service of the Church and the Community” project will focus on Garner, NC and Garland-Dallas, TX, two cities with a high Hispanic population. This planning and research project involves bishops, pastors, ministers, leaders, and future leaders of the two cities. As part of our efforts at this stage, we are developing relationships with those city agencies that collaborate with churches in order to serve their leaders effectively.
Adaliz Goldilla is the Dean of Accreditation and Institutional Effectiveness at the University of Leadership and Ministry (UNILIMI) in Garner, NC. She is bilingual in English and Spanish, and has a degree in Family Counseling. She is currently doing graduate studies in theological education.
The Strengthening Pastoral Formation for Ministry in the City initiative involves seminaries, theological institutions, and churches and intends to help communities and institutions explore and assess their own urban context and church life; gain clarity about their mission and programmatic offerings; and strengthen and support the design and implementation of plans to address key challenges and opportunities for pastoral formation and flourishing congregations in urban settings.
