The landscape of Conference Ministry is shifting as we face the challenges of fewer resources, loss of church membership, graying congregations and a realization that the church is on the margins. What adaptive behaviors and “best practices” should we be incarnating as we face the future that God has prepared?
This webinar will begin at 7 p.m. ET and run for one hour. PLEASE NOTE: All participants must have a unique login. Shortly after registering, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to obtain yours. For questions, please contact David Plunkett at david@progressiverenewal.org.
The world is changing at breakneck speed, and we only are beginning to understand its impact on the Church, yet change in the Church is slow-coming and painful for many.
In this webinar, Marja Coons-Torn of the Penn Central Conference will discuss strategies for navigating change in your conferences and churches. She recommends reading Switch by Chip Heath and Strategic Leadership for a Change by Kenneth McFadden as guides to this discussion.
As the UCC “equips the saints” through a multiple paths to ministry strategy, conferences, working in collaboration with seminaries, will have a significant role. So, the Southeast Conference is taking their Lay Theological Education program online!
Join Tim Downs for an exploration of ways in which we can equip the people of God in all settings of the Church for effective and faithful ministry. Tim will talk about the “Theology Among the People” program and how the Southeast Conference is engaging multiple paths to ordination.