In her classic book on evangelism Out of the Saltshaker Rebecca Pippert confesses that there was a time when, “there was a part of me that secretly felt evangelism was something you shouldn’t do to your dog, let alone a friend.” On the surface many kind-hearted mainline Protestants in Canada today would agree. Many folks …
View course details “Practicing Evangelism in a Post-Christendom World”

Creating a parish mission action plan is about intentional listening for the Spirit, prayer, engagement with parishioners, and a willingness to risk a bit. The plan, which is completed in four one-hour gatherings, is comprised of two to three initiatives in three areas: Adult Faith Formation, Changing Parish Culture, and Community Engagement. Leaders for each …
View course details “So You Want to Facilitate the Mission Action Plan Process…”

New Monasticism might sound strange to those of us within the church because it conjures up images of people being overly pious and wearing medieval clothing. It does, however, very accurately describe when a community comes together intentionally to commit to a rhythm of daily life, to pray and meditate contemplatively, to be radically shaped …
View course details “Introduction to a Missional New Monasticism”

This course introduces students to Paul the Apostle as a person, as a Christ-believer, as apostle-preacher-pastor-missionary, to the disputed and undisputed Pauline letter corpus in the New Testament, to major themes of Paul’s theologies, and to Paul’s role in the formation of early Christianity. These studies will be situated in the social, cultural, and theological …
View course details “Paul–NT501”

Please see the website for the online store for all video courses produced by Select Learning. This is a program which grew out of the Lutheran church in the USA (ELCA), and aims to offer quality theological learning experiences for personal, congregational and professional learning. Over the years, they appear to have accumulated a broad …
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The NBSC offers monthly workshops and training events for a small fee, and makes them available after the fact in their online event library.

The unique calling of a multivocational minister can be a lonely place, but you are not alone. Join us on December 9-11, 2021 for an online interactive conference about Multivocational Calling. Jared Siebert Jared Siebert currently serves as the National Director for Church Development for the Free Methodist Church in Canada and author of Gutsy: …
View course details “The Sacred Side Hustle: Embracing Your Multivocational Calling”

Faith formation most sustainably happens as part of normal family life.  Our most committed families prior to the pandemic were only in parish formation programming once a week, most far less than that.  The challenges of a post-COVID life have caused us to be even more concerned that families may not return to regular gathered …
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Designed for Vestry leaders, Shaped by Faith Teams and congregations, and clergy.  Attendance and membership numbers give us some good information about our congregations, but they’re not the whole story. Faith Development in Community offers a lens to help us see all the different ways people are engaging with and being fed by what our …
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Lancaster Theological Seminary and the Stevenson School for Ministry offer an Anglican Studies certificate program at the Seminary as a collaborative venture to prepare students for service in the Episcopal Church. The program supports a variety of Episcopal ministries ranging from priesthood and the diaconate to pastoral care, educational and lay ministries. The Certificate in …
View course details “Anglican Studies Certificate Program”