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ON-GOING FORMATION for church leaders—laity and clergy—to cultivate PRAYER, DISCERNMENT, and other sacred practices for your congregation's life and ministry.
Overview
Imagine your congregation doing ministry based not on what has happened before, or even on what people want. Imagine your congregation growing in its ability to understand and plan its ministry based on God's call and on God's desire for the world around you.
Leadership in the church is changing. In the past, leadership often meant knowing and following good business practices, reading the desires of members, and developing programs. Leaders were judged by their ability to keep people happy and to make numbers grow. Today there is a growing awareness that our emphasis on efficiency and success often leaves something important out of the mix—namely God and the sacred practices that express and form our ability to respond to God's call to us.
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