Utah Ministry Formation Program

The Utah Ministry Formation Program (UMFP) was founded in 2007 by the Diocese of Utah for the training of persons from Utah and other Intermountain West dioceses preparing for ordination to the diaconate and priesthood in The Episcopal Church who do not attend residential seminary or who may wish to continue their work at a residential seminary after the UMFP.

It is also open to lay persons who desire to strengthen their ministries or to use the UMFP to assist them in discerning their path in ministry and to lay persons seeking to be licensed by a Bishop for specialized ministries under Canon III.4 (“Of licensed ministries”), such as preacher, eucharistic minister, catechist, etc.

The UMFP is not an institution, but a program. It does not award degrees, nor are any classes transferable to academic institutions for academic credit. Students may be admitted without having completed a bachelor’s degree.

 For an overview and schedule of the Utah Ministry Formation Program, click here.