What began as a curriculum has become a community.
Back in 2016, when Seminary of the Southwest took the reins of the Iona Collaborative, we were one director with a box of DVDs and a dream. Today, that dream is alive in the over 300 clergy and lay leaders who have graduated from Iona programs to date.
As we celebrate the beginning of our second decade, we invite you—alumni, friends, partners, and all who are proud to be Locally Grown—to help sustain this work. If you have been shaped, supported, or encouraged by the Iona Collaborative, would you consider making a year-end gift of gratitude? Your donation will allow us to keep offering low-cost, high-quality formation and continuing education to leaders serving sacrificially in our smallest churches.
Today, the Iona Collaborative is more than a dream.
We are…
…locally formed priests and deacons.
We are…
…diocesan-based theological educators and seminary faculty.
We are…
…small-town and rural congregations leaning into the beauty of who we are.
We are…
…lay congregational leaders, preachers, and pastoral caregivers.
We are…
…lifelong learners of every order, honing practical skills for ministry.
We are believers.
We believe in the power of small, and we are living proof that God does big things when we offer up what we have. Thank you for being part of this journey. We hope you’ll join us in this next decade of locally grown formation and ministry.
Rev. Nandra Perry, PhD
Director, Iona Collaborative