Personal wellness is essential to quality of life and longevity, particularly in ministry. The application of conscious wellness practices prevents burn-out and compassion fatigue. This course introduces students to current wellness research and a variety of practices promoting physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellness (including gathering and preparation of plant medicines, decolonized yoga, mindfulness, art, …
View course details “Land-Based Wellness I: Personal Healing and Wellness”

Christianity was a demonstrably global faith (with its center of gravity in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East) before it became a predominantly Western religion (c.1500). Now, after roughly five centuries, it has once again reemerged as a hugely non-Western phenomenon. A full historical account reveals a faith that is inherently global because it is …
View course details “Beyond Empire: Rethinking the History of Global Christianity”

This course will study the relation between faith in God and the capacities of human reason.  The main topics will be the relation between faith in God and morality, religious experience, the problem of evil, the nature of faith, the traditional proofs for the existence of God, miracles and science, immortality, and religious pluralism. In all …
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The modern divide between Sunday worship and Monday work has had a devastating impact on the church. Many Christians today report that worship in the sanctuary feels completely disconnected from their work in the world. It’s almost as if they live in two separate worlds. Living their lives in pieces, the pieces–not surprisingly–begin to die. …
View course details “Worship and Work”

New Leaf Network has always loved sharing and learning from Canadian-specific data about religion, flourishing congregations, and the Christian faith. We know how important it is to understand Canadians and their perspectives. We’re so excited to be sharing with you a first-of-its-kind international research study conducted by Barna to help church leaders understand teenagers around the …
View course details “The Open Generation: Gen Z, Jesus & Justice”

In this course, students will be introduced to theological-ethical perspectives from liberation traditions with attention to various cultural, social, ethnic, and political contexts that have emerged from historically marginalized communities, with a focus on the United States and Latin America. This course places scholars from various liberation traditions (Latin American/Latinx, Black/Womanist, Indigenous, Asian American, Feminist, …
View course details “Theology and Ethics: Liberation Perspectives and Praxis”

Learn from industry experts about Gen Z and Gen Alpha and what that means for your youth ministry context today in this masterclass webinar! Do you sometimes scratch your head trying to understand the younger generations? Are there ways we can reach them to tell them about Jesus? If so, how? The good news is …
View course details “Understanding & Communicating with Gen Z & Gen Alpha: A Masterclass”

Marketplace theology is good for the soul, the body, and the workplace. But what is it? Join us as we build on the Puritan William Perkins’s definition of theology–the science of living blessedly forever–to explore a Christian vision of marketplace theology: working blessedly forever. Reflect scripturally and theologically on practical questions: Why work–remunerated or not? …
View course details “Working Blessedly: The Shape of Marketplace Theology”

Survey the typologies of engagement by various Christian traditions (giving particular attention to the broad evangelical tradition) with the public square, along the spectrum of disengagement, cooperation, co-optation, and confrontation. Analyze the theological assumptions and perspectives on the gospel that inform such engagement or lack thereof. Dominant evangelical paradigms of Christian engagement in the public …
View course details “When Christians Disagree: Church Unity in an Age of Division”

How do churches discern and incarnate God’s calling in their communities? Grounded in a theological framework for vocation, insights from contemporary scholar-practitioners, qualitative tools and strategies, and relevant case studies that include the work of Regent Exchange, this course offers a fresh approach to vocation with practical implications for the church as a learning community. …
View course details “Calling, Context, and the Church: From Belonging to Witness”