Leadership Courses Overview

Keep growing in your impact as a leader.

About These Courses

Most pastors step into ministry with a solid theological foundation, but quickly discover the role asks for much more. Leading people, shaping culture, navigating change, building teams, making strategic decisions… these are not skills you usually walk out of Bible college with.

That’s why we’ve built these courses. They equip you for the parts of leadership that seminary didn’t cover but ministry demands every day.

They’ve been created by senior pastors who have stood where you stand. That means the training is practical, real, and tested in the field, not just theory on a page.

Here, you’ll find input that grows your confidence, sharpens your leadership, and helps you keep making an impact where it matters most.

Our workshop modules

Module One: Leading to Inspire

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This module provides a framework for understanding leadership style using a 360 to understand current strengths/weaknesses. Participants will understand the key behaviours of an inspiring leadership and create a leadership development plan to become an inspiring leader.

Module Three: Learning Leadership from Jesus

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This module develops a theology of Christian leadership and uses it to evaluate common misconceptions about leadership today. Participants will explore the role and formation of character in Christian leadership. They will understand the appropriate use of power in ministry and how to respond to its misuse.

Module Five: Unleashing Your Church for Leadership

This module explores how to lead through and with others: enabling others to act, building high-performance teams, working with volunteers and teams, fostering healthy team dynamics, confidently building volunteer capacity, delegating effectively, providing role clarity, and coaching for strong performance.

Module Seven: All Aboard!

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In this module, participants will explore how to lead the creation of a shared vision, strategy and alignment and implement the process of change management to minimise resistance to change, inspire, and engage the congregation through effective communication. 

Module Nine: Leading Change Without Blowing Up the Church

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In this module, participants will learn how to lead change in a changing world using a change management process informed by a deep understanding of what it means to lead through conflict—communicating courageously and skilfully.

Module Two: Leading a Disciple Making Church

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This module provides the biblical foundations for mature discipleship. Participants will explore the stages of spiritual growth and identify the means by which disciples grow. They will evaluate and refresh current ministries in their church for effective discipleship.  

Module Four: Thriving in Ministry

Module Six: Leading a Well Managed Church

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This module explores the imperative for leaders to be healthy personally Soul Care, Staying Healthy in Ministry spiritually and vocationally. We will explore the challenges of the church leadership context, self-care routines, key relationships, healthy boundaries, and personal and organisational efficiencies Self-management. 

Participants will know how to lead a church as an organisation including: staff leadership, governance requirements, financial management, and resource deployment to achieve the vision and strategy. 

Module Eight: Emotional Smarts

In this module, participants will develop and enhance their self-awareness and emotional intelligence in order to manage themselves to grow and respond positively to stress, situations, and circumstances.  

Module Ten: The Leading Edge

In this module participants will develop their ability to discerning God’s will whilst making decisions about where God is leading the church. The ability to innovate is a critical skill to successfully navigate in an environment where innovation is needed. 

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