Leadership for Mission

Author

Karen Petersen

Category

Certificate in Lay Leadership

COMING SOON! Are you providing leadership to your church, and you want to do so in the most effective way possible?  Are you hoping to be inspired for this work by a better understanding of how to work alongside other church members, to the health of the church and the glory of God?

Leadership for Mission is designed to help members of the church build leadership skills: honing communication, introducing change, leading groups, and addressing situations of disagreement and conflict. But leadership is more: It is a way of participating in God’s governance of his kingdom, a spiritual discipline that is deeper and broader and goes to the very heart of its practitioners.  This class will focus on leadership that can help churches and ministries reach out to the world God wants to renew. Using a variety of concepts, models and strategies, we will explore what it means to be a “missional” or “transformational” leader in your unique context.

Wednesdays from 7:00 – 8:15 p.m. (EST), Oct 15 – Nov 19

Each week the Zoom link will be sent out ahead of time. However, it will be a recurring meeting so that you may use the same link each week. Tasks include:

• A vignette to read each week from Understanding Christian Leadership by Ian Parkinson (SCM Press, 2020)
• A final email conversation with your professor regarding what you have learned

Course Instructor

Karen.Petersen Author

Dr. Petersen was appointed as Professor of Pastoral Leadership in 2021, joining the college in the summer of that year. Karen is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church USA and a member of the Presbytery of the Inland Northwest of that denomination. She previously served as Associate Professor of Theology at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. Whitworth is a private liberal arts college in the Reformed Tradition. Karen is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv) and of Gonzaga University (PhD), with the latter studies and research completed in the area of Leadership Studies and Theology.

Available for individuals ($135).