Featured Workshop

Getting to 'Yes': Building Buy-in for Your Ministry

Does your faith community struggle to get key stakeholders on board and recruit volunteers?

 

In this asynchronous workshop, you’ll learn how to develop a volunteer recruitment strategy centered on three critical steps: articulating the ministry’s purpose, identifying specific stakeholders, and asking stakeholders for buy-in and action.

LAUNCHES September 9, 2025

ASYNCHRONOUS FORMAT

FREE

Upcoming Workshops

Three African-American adults are using a whiteboard and sticky notes to brainstorm new ideas.

Faithful Imagination: Developing Ministries that Thrive

Explore new questions to adapt existing programming or launch something new in your ministry that’s mission-oriented, strengths-based, and transformational for people in your community.

 

In this asynchronous workshop, you’ll be introduced to the Ministry Leadership Center’s Theological Innovation Process as a pathway for developing thriving ministries in your faith community.

LAUNCHES November 11, 2025

ASYNCHRONOUS FORMAT

FREE

What Our Attendees Say

“My experience with the training has been most positive. Not only have I found the information shared to be clearly presented and relevant to church leadership, but it has been personally insightful.”
- Judy Jones, First United Methodist Church of Gallatin, TN
“We found its focus on the lives of our congregants and our community truly inspirational. It is already influencing our work, and our spirits, as we pay attention to what matters most.”
- Julien Phillips, Congregational Church of San Mateo, CA

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