Learn new methods and gain the skills needed to empower the people around you. It might not have been included in your job description, and no one may think to acknowledge it during staff meetings, but when there’s a problem, you are probably who people – from your staff to the congregation – look to …
View course details “Segment One Basic Skills Coach Training”

There is no greater satisfaction than to see another person flourish and to know that one’s presence has helped a person come to this place. While conflict can cause people to struggle, a conflict coach partners with those in a conflict, empowering them to be at their best, to engage their conflict well and to …
View course details “Conflict Coaching Skills”

This highly interactive and educational workshop invites you to consider the building blocks that create conflict and those that assist or detract in conflict’s resolution. The workshop includes reflection, conversation, and exercises as conflicts are studied and models for addressing conflicts are considered. Significant time will be given to skill building for effective speaking and …
View course details “Understanding Conflict Foundations–Online”

We’ve reached a moment in history when the world needs Jesus-followers to be ONE Body. As social ties fray and break around politics and other divisive forces, as loneliness becomes epidemic, we do well to hear and heed the apostle Paul’s prescriptions for the divided Corinthian church. Among Paul’s letters, 1 Corinthians gives us the …
View course details “1 Corinthians in the First and 21st Centuries Bible Study”

If you are in the midst of a crisis and thinking about communications, you’re too late. When you are trying to dodge the “stuff” that’s already flying, it is not a good time to consider how to be proactive in positioning your church in a positive light! Strategic communications involves more than preaching and fliers. …
View course details “Crisis Communications: Guiding Your Church Through Turbulent Times”

Berkeley Divinity School at Yale invites church leaders from all denominations to a pilgrimage for transforming ministry by re-imagining how ministry can meet the needs of our time. Leader’s Way Fellows are an extraordinary group of innovators and visionaries who seek to transform the world with the power of the Gospel. Fellows spend one week …
View course details “The Leader’s Way Certificate Program”

Discover how the Protestant Reformation reshaped faith and society in this engaging course with Dr. Colin Donnelly. Join online or on-site! Led by Dr. Colin Donnelly, Assistant Professor of Church History at Virginia Theological Seminary, this dynamic short course explores the profound influence of the Protestant Reformation in shaping modern society. With expertise in the …
View course details “New Heaven, New Earth: The Reformation and the Making of the Modern World”

Experience a Lenten practice of “contemplative writing”—writing for no audience except you and God. Through weekly prompts, workshops, and invitations to write both in and outside of class, you will be invited to explore how words can become a pathway into prayer, making you more open and available to God’s love and work in your …
View course details “Writing as Spiritual Practice: A Lenten Invitation”

Are you passionate about growing your church’s ministry with children, youth, and families but struggling to recruit and retain the right volunteers? “Calling All Parishioners to Serve in Children, Youth, & Family Ministry” is designed to equip church leaders with the tools and strategies to build a thriving, sustainable volunteer base. Through a series of …
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Join us in Atlanta, GA for the best preaching event of the year! Working Preacher’s Karoline Lewis says, “I don’t think there’s any place else where you are gathering for worship so frequently and hearing good sermons and good preaching and wonderful worship.” This Year’s Theme: Preaching to Heal the Divide Preachers today carry the …
View course details “2025 Festival of Homiletics: Preaching to Heal the Divide”