Foundations of Christian Leadership - Growing Servant Leaders (Both Yourself and Others)
The Foundations of Christian Leadership - Growing Servant Leaders (Both Yourself and Others) training event will take place September 10-12, 2015 at ACTS Seminaries at Trinity Western University (7600 Glover Road, Langley, BC) and via live-streaming. The training goes from 1:00 - 4:30 pm on September 10 and from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm on September 11-12. We will be meeting in Room 130/131 in the Fosmark Centre (see campus map for directions). Dr. Randy Wollf, Assistant Professor of Leadership and Practical Theology at MBBS-ACTS Seminaries will facilitate most of the sessions. The cost for the training is $135 for both onsite and live-streaming participants (churches can live-stream the sessions for $270). Please note that we will only be taking 40 onsite participants for this training and 8 live-streaming participants/churches.
In this MinistryLift training event, participants will explore how they can grow and help others grow in six key dimensions of leadership: a growing relationship with God, character, calling, community, team and knowledge/skill. In preparation for this training event, we would ask participants to do four inventories: MinistryMatch (Lay Version), StrengthsFinder 2.0, Emotional Intelligence 2.0 and the Christian Life Profile. We will discuss the results of these inventories during the training as a way of helping participants grow in these leadership dimensions. We would also ask that people work through the Understanding Your Personal Calling booklet before the training event, as participants will have an opportunity to share their sense of God's calling on their lives with one another.
Scripture plays an essential role in informing the nature and expression of these six dimensions. Cultivating an emotionally healthy spirituality through a robust Rule of Life is an important part of developing a growing relationship with God. Christ-like character often naturally emerges from an increasingly intimate relationship with God; yet, it is important that we intentionally focus on character development as sometimes life’s activities can distract us from becoming more Christ-like at the heart level. Understanding our personal, God-given calling helps us to stay focused on doing what is most important in God’s eyes. Keeping our calling in the forefront of our thinking helps us to engage in joy-filled, sustainable service for God even when we face significant challenges. In addition, it is important to be able to build strong teams that function well. However, even people who dislike each other can learn to work together effectively. As Christian leaders, we want to help our teams move beyond functionality and become loving communities where members serve each other well. Finally, it is important that we engage in lifelong learning – to continually increase our knowledge and develop skills so that we can live out God’s calling on our lives more effectively. As we grow in these six dimensions of leadership, we will position ourselves to serve as godly and competent servant leaders in the places of God’s choosing.
Participants in this MinistryLift Leadership Training event can take the training for graduate credit through ACTS Seminaries. If you would like to explore this possibility, please contact us. When taken for credit, this course is one of four courses that make up the ACTS Leadership Certificate.
