THE HORNER CENTER FOR LIFELONG LEARNING History And Philosophy In 1985, the administrative structure of the seminary was reorganized to include a fourth academic unit concentrating on continuing education for those already involved in ministry. This new academic division was originally designated Continuing and Extended Education (CEE), but was renamed the Richard and Margaret Horner Center for Lifelong Learning in 1999. It now includes the Extended Education program, the Doctor of Ministry program, the Distance Learning Program, and the Lowell W. Berry Institute for Continuing Education in Ministry. Each of these programs intends to help Fuller Seminary become the lifelong learning partner of all people involved in the manifold ministries of Christ and his Church. The Horner Center for Lifelong Learning is named after Richard and Margaret Horner, longtime supporters of Fuller’s mission. Richard Horner, a valued Fuller trustee, earlier led the E. F. Johnson Corporation, makers of amateur radio equipment and other sophisticated electronics. Later, his interest and executive skills in electronic communication led the board of Western Union to appoint him as that corporation’s chief executive officer. A primary aim of the expansion of Fuller’s lifelong learning activities is to facilitate a much more intimate and mutually effective relationship between the seminary and the church. The seminary needs continuous guidance from the working church to stay abreast of the needs of the ordained leaders ministering eternal truth to a rapidly changing society. And the church needs successive generations of those leaders equipped with integrating skills to assure the spiritual, psychological and physical health of their parishioners. Lifelong learning facilitates a closer relationship between the church and seminary by making it possible for people who are already engaged in ministry to engage in theological education at the same time and place as their ministry. The goal of the Horner Center for Lifelong Learning is to be an effective instrument of reformation and renewal to the evangelical church. This will be accomplished by the offering to adult men and women of innovative, lifelong theological education and training for the manifold ministries of Christ and his Church. Therefore the church will be more effective in carrying out the Great Commission, to the glory of God. Through the Horner Center for Lifelong Learning , work leading to a degree, as well as nondegree and continuing education, is available. Seminars, conferences, workshops, individualized and interactive (online) distance learning courses, and off-campus graduate-level course work are among the alternative forms of training provided. The Horner Center for Lifelong Learning utilizes the expertise of people already involved in ministry along with the resident Fuller faculty. The philosophies, aims, curriculum and opportunities of the various programs of the Horner Center for Lifelong Learning are described in this section. Further information regarding a particular program may be obtained from the office of that program.