Light the Future is a 90-day campaign dedicated to supporting students who are courageously following God’s call to ministry. Your generosity provides scholarships, reduces financial burdens, and equips future pastors, missionaries, and ministry leaders with the training they need to serve the Church faithfully. We invite you to join us in equipping students to follow God’s call.
From December 15, 2025, to March 15, 2026, our ministry will invite both new and long-time donors to dream with us about the long-term future of this mission. In 2025, we celebrated 50 years of impact, providing generous scholarships and mentorship to Asbury students committed to serving within our conference. Now, we are asking God to open doors for new partnerships with sponsors who share this vision—raising the resources needed to invest in a fully funded endowment.
Reaching this goal will secure the future of our mission for the next 50 years and beyond. We ask you to prayerfully consider how God may use you to invest in an affordable, life-transforming seminary education for the next generation of faithful ministers called to serve in the Alabama Emerald Coast.
Equipping Future Pastors and Leaders
The Asbury Seminary Foundation exists to provide scholarships and mentoring to seminary students from the Alabama Emerald Coast, enabling them to attend Asbury Theological Seminary without financial barriers. Since it’s founding in 1975, the Asbury Seminary Foundation has empowered hundreds of students to attend seminary and pursue the call God has placed on their lives.
“The Asbury Foundation’s support has been such a blessing to me and my family. Between raising a family and the rising cost of living, I would not be able to continue my education without the generosity of others. My wife and I are incredibly thankful for all those who have selflessly supported students like me. ”
Your Gift Changes Lives
"The Asbury Seminary Foundation has been instrumental in allowing me to pursue my calling to ministry. Starting seminary was a huge step of faith for me, and funding was the area where I had to trust God the most. God has shown His faithfulness and provision, especially through the Asbury Seminary Foundation. It definitely has been an amazing story of God using the extravagant generosity of others through the Foundation to allow His will to be done in my life. To me, it is a picture of how the body of Christ works—as we all support one another and are faithful, God uses us to advance His kingdom and to see His will be done here on earth as it is in heaven. God has mightily used the Asbury Seminary Foundation to change my life, and I hope and pray, through the generosity it has sown, God will use me to change the lives of others in ministry for his glory." - Patrick McBride