Ministry is changing fast. Leaders need ongoing formation that fits real life. The Faith+Lead Monthly Roundup curates our latest learning opportunities—courses, conversations, and communities—to support your next faithful step.
As summer approaches, leaders will begin volunteering or recruiting volunteer leaders for VBS, day camps, and youth mission trips. Level up the skills of your team with Faith+Lead Academy. Communication Skills for Leading Groups provides the practical skills and the confidence needed for giving a talk, leading a discussion, providing spiritual practices or even managing groups in off-site situations. You'll leave the course more prepared and confident to serve the children and youth in your care.
Leading Faith Formation for Children and Youth will help you meet youth where they are, and provide the leadership and companionship they need to grow in faith. If your church has an established program, engage in this learning to enrich the work you are already doing! And if you don’t already have a structured program in place, it will be especially helpful for thoughtfully meeting the needs of the young disciples you do serve, while also laying a foundation and paving the way for something more organized down the road. This course can be taken on your own, or you can take advantage of our group registration and train your whole team.
Many ministry leaders enter negotiation conversations at a disadvantage—unsure of compensation guidelines or market rates for their desired role, unfamiliar with the negotiation process, and uncomfortable asking for equitable compensation. This mini-course invites you to see compensation negotiation not as a confrontation, but as an act of faithful stewardship: for yourself, for the ministry you serve, and for the person who will one day step into your role after you.
As increasing numbers of congregations become lay-led by choice or necessity, we need leaders equipped to respond to God's call in new and faithful ways. Learn skills for engaging Scripture in preaching and teaching, tools for managing congregational finances and councils, and ways to provide effective spiritual care with healthy boundaries in this 12-month journey to grow as a faithful and effective lay leader.
Developed from working with hundreds of congregations, Susan Beaumont’s training series Stepping Up to Supervision equips you with the skills you need to navigate supervision with confidence. This four-week learning community brings together covenantal care and supervision, offering theological insight and practical tools to help you lead faithfully and align daily tasks with your faith community’s mission. Join the waitlist now to be notified when the registration opens up on May 15.
Did you know that Luther Seminary produces a journal? Word & World is a quarterly journal of theology that is concerned with Christian ministry in and for the world. Upcoming issues include: 1776; Global Christianity; Samuel & Kings; Confessional Identity; and Church, AI, and the Digital Age.
The Allegheny (Pennsylvania) Synod of the ELCA partnered with Faith+Lead for their Go Tell It in the Mountains grant project that equips lay and ordained preachers to preach and serve in their rural contexts. Find inspiration in their story on the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.
You cannot do the work that God intended for the whole community. No matter how gifted, educated, or committed you are. This 22-page ebook compiled from the Faith+Lead blog explores the Pivot in Leadership, offering theological reflection, pastoral wisdom, and practical guidance for leaders–and faith communities–learning to move toward a lay-led, clergy-supported leadership model. Download today!
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