 Ward oversaw the launch of the MFSS's official organ, "Social Service Bulletin", in 1911 as well as the publication of a series of pamphlets, activity which was well-received within the hierarchy of the Methodist Church.In 1913, Ward became the first professor of "Social Service" at the Boston University School of Theology until 1919.In 1916, he became a lecturer at Union Theological Seminary and in 1919 professor of Christian ethics there.