2018 LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AT THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION

Pre-Institute Session: Small Church, Big Impact

Most congregations in the nation have a weekly worship attendance under 150.  This workshop will assist you in adapting the BIG experience of the Church of the Resurrection and the Leadership Institute to your smaller context.  In this Pre-Institute session, author and mission strategist Dr. Blake Bradford will join leaders of smaller churches in rethinking and right-sizing their ministry to make a God-sized impact in their communities. He will share models and practical steps for smaller congregations to simplify their decision-making, rethink community engagement, be intentional about discipleship formation, empower laity, and strategically utilize pastoral leadership. 

Institute Workshop: IMPACT!: Reclaiming the Calling of Lay Ministry

While the early church and the Methodist movement were primarily lay-led, our modern church leadership models have emphasized the role of clergy and have devalued the ministry of the laity. In this workshop, Dr. Blake Bradford, co-author of IMPACT! with Kay Kotan, offers practical and proven plans to help clergy and laity partner together again to spread the Gospel in a new day and age!  Learn how intentionality in relationships, discipleship, missions, and leadership formation will enable your congregation to make a God-sized IMPACT in your community mission field!