2023 Leadership Academy

At its annual Leadership Academy, New Church Ministry gathers leaders all across regions in the United States and Canada to explore the intersection of missional transformation and leadership. Our team invites pastors, church planters, chaplains, and others who are interested in becoming empowered to join us. You do not need to be a member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to attend.

This event includes:

• three separate track sessions that allow participants to learn alongside fellow peers currently at the same stage in starting a place of worship
  • Start Track – for core teams who have yet to launch a community of faith
  • Discerners Track – created to allow those who have ever considered what it would take to start a church to audit the Start Track at a discounted rate. This option is ideal for those in undergraduate institutions who may feel the call to ministry, for our seminarians who are discerning what path God may be taking them down, or even our ecumenical partners who may want to imagine how their ministries might be shaped by this training.
  • Sustain Track – for teams that have recently started a faith community, and
  • Multiply Track – for leaders of established congregations
• DOCTalks facilitated by a keynote speaker who will address missional transformation inclusive of every stage of leadership and congregational vitality, and
• LEADLabs (Learn.Explore.Actuate.Discover.Laboratories) which are designed to help participants imagine, ideate, innovate, and implement missional concepts through interactive, practical workshops.

This year’s event will be the first-ever hybrid one, with the in-person portion taking place in Kansas City, MO.

Stay tuned for when registration opens later on in the year and in the meantime, please save the date!