CALL Online Courses

The Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership’s (CALL) online courses are offered throughout the year and are designed so that you can participate at your own pace and at your own time.

Each course is seven weeks, each week a separate interactive lesson featuring discussion with your classmates and instructor. Continuing Education Units are offered at the rate of 2 CEUs per course. Students from across The Episcopal Church and beyond join experienced online instructors in creating a classroom environment of respect and mutual learning.

• Courses are open to anyone, lay or ordained, of any denomination or none.
• Review our CALL FAQs for more information about how online classes work.
• All courses are subject to cancellation should the minimum registration limit not be met.

Course Fees

$150 Standard Rate

A special Partner Rate is available to students from our local formation dioceses. For more information on this rate, please contact your diocesan local formation coordinator.

Please contact the CALL office via email with any questions.    

Class Offerings for 2024-25

Spring 2025 (March 24 – May 19)

Registration for Spring opens on Jan. 27.

• The Prophets with Dr. Mónica Rey
• Changing Church: Missional Practices and/for Beloved Community with the Rev. Kyle Oliver, PhD
• The Bible & Politics: A Biblical Perspective with Dr. Donn Morgan
• Sacramental Theology with the Rev. Melissa Hartley, PhD
• Introduction to Preaching with the Rev. Tripp Hudgins
• Postcolonial Communion: The Anglican Communion in Global Context with Dr. Jennifer Snow
• The Sensual Gospel of John: Experiencing the Fourth Gospel through the Five Senses with the Rev. Daniel London, PhD
• Cultivate, Theologize, Organize! Community Organizing Fundamentals for the Church with the Rev. Francisco García
• The Diaconate with the Rev. Tim Spannaus

Tentative class offerings for 2025-26

Fall 2025 (September 8 – October 27)

Registration for Fall opens in July

• Orientation to the Old Testament
• The Diaconal Hermeneutic
• Systematic Theology
• Pastoral Care with Marginalized Communities
• Facing Choices: Ethics in the Anglican Tradition
• Global Anglicanism
• The Parables
• Introduction to the Book of Common Prayer
• Interfaith and Multicultural Issues in Theology and Ministry

Winter 2026 (January 19 – March 9)

• Navigating Conflict: Speaking the Truth in Love
• Violence in the Pentateuch
• What We Believe: Theology in the Anglican Tradition
• Introduction to the New Testament
• Images of Diakonia
• Liturgical Leadership
• History of the Episcopal Church
• Living Scripture
• Celtic Spirituality and English Mysticism

Spring 2026 (April 6 – May 26)

• Justice in the Prophets
• The Diaconate
• Sacramental Theology
• Introduction to Preaching
• The Pauline Epistles
• Introduction to Community Organizing
• History of Christian Monasticism
• Theology of the Cross

Registration Notes

For New Students: You will be prompted to set up a new account. If you have any issues with logging in once your account is created, DO NOT set up another account. Contact the CALL office.

For Previously Registered Students: Use the same SONIS login to register, not your Moodle login.

For New Local Formation Students: If you are new to the program, your local formation coordinator will contact us and we will create your account and notify you. Please do not create another another account.

Contact call@cdsp.edu if you have questions or need assistance.

Please let us know at the time of registration if you have special needs for vision or hearing accessibility.

Constitution & Canons: An Overview – Online Video Course

This online class will provide a general introduction to the function of canonical law in the Episcopal Church, including the historical roots and scope of law in the church as well as the larger legal context of the church institution.

Successfully completing each of the four modules will fulfill the requirements in Title III, Canon 6, Section 5.g (for those pursuing ordination to the diaconate) and Title III, Canon 8, Section 5.h (for those pursuing ordination to the priesthood) for training in

• “civil requirements for reporting…evidence of abuse.”
• “the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church, particularly Title IV thereof”

Materials recommended: Constitution and Canons, 2018 edition available in print from Church Publishing or on line on The Episcopal Church website.

Fee for currently enrolled CDSP Master of Divinity students: free. Please contact call@cdsp.edu.

All others: $80. Please make payment here 

Upon receipt, you will be enrolled in the course and sent further instructions within two business days.