A new website aims to equip and empower local churches to become vital and healthy congregations.UMVitalCongregations.org is designed to help churches move through a process of evaluation and assessment as they begin to set goals, and then find key resources to help them achieve those goals.
Leadership is not so much about technique and methods as it is about opening the heart.
Leadership is about inspiration—of oneself and of others. Great leadership is about human experiences, not processes.
Leadership is not a formula or a program, it is a human activity that comes from the heart and considers the hearts of others. It is an attitude, not a routine.
Facing The Giants
Effective Leaders take their congregations to the End Zone!
Faithful leaders, grounded in Wesleyan tradition and rooted in personal Christian formation, are the driving force in The United Methodist Church. Whether laity or clergy, disciple-makers working in local churches, districts, and annual conferences can find the resources they need through Leadership Ministries. Read more.
Leadership Education at Duke Divinity, founded in January 2008, cultivates thriving communities that are signs, foretastes and instruments of the reign of God. We design and deliver educational services that develop three interrelated capacities for: