Lay Leader Training
Training for any lay or emerging leader who wants to be better equipped to serve, who desires a deeper connection with Jesus & desires to grow.
Course Summary
Level 1 of the Lay Leader Training is a 10-month process undertaken with a non-geographical cohort, a facilitator, homework assignments and a mentor from your local church. Church commissioned pastors are lay leaders who are serving their church by leading micro- expressions of church (small groups, youth groups, missional communities, etc.) and who wish to have a deeper level of training in the 10 Core Competencies.
Level 2 of the Lay Leader Training is designed for the lay leader who wants to serve in their presbytery as a solo pastor, pulpit supply, or church planter. This training requires the student to complete the Level 1 Cohort, take 12 seminary courses through the Flourish Institute of Theology, complete a psychological assessment, and complete an exegesis paper and Theological Integration Interview successfully.
Course Information
WHO: Any lay leader or emerging leader who wants to be better equipped to serve, who desires a deeper connection with Jesus and desires to grow.
WHAT: Level 1 includes a 10-month online training experience in ECO’s 10 Core Leadership Competencies with a community of leaders from other ECO Churches facilitated by an experienced Pastor. Level 2 includes 12 seminary courses, a psychological assessment, exegetical work, and a final interview.
WHERE: From the comfort of your own home!
WHEN: The Level 1 Cohort meets twice a month via Zoom (each cohort picks a time that works for them) with videos and homework assignments between class meetings. Level 2 work is done at your own pace!
WHY: Because God wants you to become the best leader you can be! We deeply value lay leadership development as being foundational. We seek to undo the clergy-centered ecclesiology that has plagued the church for too long and truly reclaim the biblical vision of the priesthood of all believers. We have designed the courses in such a way that are affordable, flexible, and allows the students to stay in their current context while they receive further practical and theological training for ministry.
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It really gave me an opportunity to dive deeper into the mission field that exists outside the walls of the church, and the people that I relate to and how best to relate to them.
I don't think a church can put enough value on a common language, common beliefs, and common understandings for their leadership. So that those people that are training can also live into the lives within whom they have a relationship.
