The meeting of the IAMSCU Board of Directors is being held online on 23 April 2026. During this meeting, the IAMSCU Board of Directors will be discussing the current challenges being faced by educational institutions worldwide and consider several important items that will define he future of the association and of Methodist education.
IAMSCU Board of Directors during International Meeting in Sweden, 2024 (Photo: Kimberly Lord)
The following items are on the agenda of the IAMSCU Board of Directors:
- Celebration of IAMSCU’s 35th anniversary (1991-2026);
- Follow up on discussions held during the last meeting of the IAMSCU Board of Directors (held on October 13, 2025, in South Africa);
- Information on deliberations by the IAMSCU Executive Committee;
- Reports from the three Strategic Committees (Wesleyan Heritage, Institutional Collaborations, and Financial Sustainability) and the actions that will shape IAMSCU’s future;
- Discussions with members of the IAMSCU Board of Directors about the future of the association.
IAMSCU was founded in 1991 as a global network of Methodist-related primary and secondary schools, colleges, theological seminaries, and universities in Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, and Eurasia, Latin American and the Caribbean, and North America. IAMSCU started with 20 institutions representing Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North America, but it grew to include more than 1,046 institutions in nearly 80 countries and 5 continents. With recent closures and disaffiliations, the network now comprises 964 institutions. At its International Conference held in 2023 at Kingswood School, Southlands College, and Wesley House, in England, the IAMSCU Board of Directors decided to give more attention to primary and secondary education, and the association has reached out to more than 400 primary and secondary schools in the Global South which are not yet related to IAMSCU. IAMSCU connects educational institutions in the Wesleyan, Methodist, United, and Uniting traditions which are officially recognized by the World Methodist Council (WMC). For more information on IAMSCU, visit its website www.iamscu.org or send an e-mail: iamscu@iamscu.org.