Online Church Leadership Course
The Power of Relational Ministry Leadership
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Empower others & increase ministry impact & effectiveness using a relational leadership approach.
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Course Overview
There’s plenty of evidence that shows how we’re providing leadership in churches isn’t working well. It’s time for a reset with fresh thinking, fresh strategies, and a new way of getting things done. This church leadership online training course presents a church leadership model that’s working—and it will transform how you think about what you do and how you go about getting things done. You’ll connect the dots between God’s desire for relationship and the people you lead. You’ll discover four catalysts for effective ministry that fuel a practical, profound, magnetic way to lead with a Jesus-style love.
Course Outline
Getting Started
Discover how to navigate your church leadership training online course, get connected to our ministry network, and download a copy of the Course Notes.
Welcome
Thom and Joani Schultz welcome you as you begin your journey toward relational leadership. Pioneers in refreshing the church, they’ll show you a church leadership model that’s working and will transform your style to a Jesus-centered approach.
Module 1. Relational Ministry Is God’s Idea
Through Jesus, we are friends of God. For those in leadership, understanding a living, growing, passionate friendship with God changes everything! Through this church leadership training curriculum, discover the foundations of relational ministry leadership and how it will impact your ministry.
Module 2. Relational Leadership Is Fueled by Your Relationship With Jesus
You can’t help others be transformed by Jesus unless you have a strong connection to him. Becoming a friend of God begins with attachment to Jesus. Through this church leadership online training course, understand how attachment leads to transformation, and transformation produces fruit. Discover how Jesus defined the qualities of a relational leader by modeling four acts of love: radical hospitality; fearless conversation; genuine humility, and divine anticipation.
Module 3. Radical Hospitality
Jesus’ leadership style demonstrated: “You’re welcome just as you are.” Understand how to demonstrate a radical approach to compassion and forgiveness. With these church leadership training resources, you’ll learn the difference between acceptance and endorsement, and develop a church culture that authentically welcomes others.
Module 4. Fearless Conversation
Jesus’ leadership style demonstrated: “Your thoughts are welcome; your doubts are welcome.” When practicing this act of love, leaders strive to grasp why someone thinks, feels, or responds a certain way. This skill is not easy, but we’ll show you how to make it happen.
Module 5. Genuine Humility
Jesus’ leadership style demonstrated: “We’re all in this together.” Genuine humility as Jesus lived it was wrapped in love and service to others. Through the church leadership training course, understand how to be intentional about relationships, model vulnerability, and learn from those who are different from you. You’ll conduct a “rules audit” at your church, learn direct communication, and understand the importance of putting people first.
Module 6. Divine Anticipation
Jesus’ leadership style demonstrated: “God is here, ready to connect with you in a fresh way.” Discover how to grasp our “God-power” and realize that God is actively involved—all the time. In this church leadership training, you’ll learn how to leave time for God to act, trust that God is in control, and teach the people you lead how to spot “God sightings”.
Module 7. Moving Forward
You have been called by God to lead. This module will offer practical steps to help you incorporate the Jesus-centered acts of love into your leadership role. Discover the importance of accepting change as part of church leadership, the value of working with teams, and how to focus on the gains rather than losses. Discover how to learn from failure and “flip your flops” to move forward.
Module 8. Wrap Up
Summarize your action steps and recap your discoveries. Understand how to make the online church leadership course completion a new beginning in your journey toward relational ministry leadership.
Course Outcomes
U Discover
How people today view God and how that view impacts their faith.
Four Jesus-Centered responses that provide the framework for relational ministry leadership.
The defining qualities of relational leaders that increase ministry effectiveness.
U Will
Empower others and increase ministry impact and effectiveness using a relational leadership approach.
About the Instructors
When Thom Schultz isn’t running Group Publishing (he founded it 40+ years ago and still shows up at work most days), he’s a hard-to-track-down globetrotter who’s also an accomplished photographer, filmmaker, speaker, author, and the voice of Group’s lobby ambassador, Bruce the Moose. Thom has served in practically every church volunteer role this side of nursery duty and has a reputation for building teams that are both effective and efficient. Plus, he’s created an award-winning organizational culture at Group. How does he do it? Relational ministry, that’s how...plus he cooks a mean omelet and invites his team over for breakfast every month.
Joani Schultz is Group’s Chief Creative Officer only because “Chief Relational Guru” isn’t a real title. She’s an author, editor, speaker, product developer, and co-conspirator on every cool Group resource (like the world’s number one vacation Bible school) you’ve seen in the past 30 years. Having served as a fulltime youth, children’s, and every-other-kind-of-ministry leader, Joani long ago discovered the power of relational ministry and has infused those morale-boosting, focus-sharpening values into Group’s culture. She’s also a grandmother—you won’t have to ask twice to see the pictures.
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