In addition, the Seminary has developed its own certification program to recognize work in the areas of Hispanic leadership development and enhancement, a program for lay people offered in Spanish. For more information on any of these certification programs, please visit our continuing education web site at the web addresses listed below or call the Center of Continuing Education. The purpose of this certification program is to raise the level of professionalism in the field of interim ministry and to help presbyteries and congregations in their choice of effective pastoral leadership for the critical interim time. Princeton Seminary, in cooperation with the Synod of the Northeast, offers this training each year. Week One will be heldMarch 19 - 23, 20001.
Members work for the denomination in local churches, governing bodies, agencies, and institutions.
The primary goal of the organization is to increase member professionalism and to affirm the ministry of the lay church professional. To that end, members are offered opportunities for continuing education and chances to complete the requirements to be certified as a Fellow in church administration. I certification is achieved after forty hours of study in a variety of courses, including church history, theology, polity, and various courses on office technology. Level II courses are also available. Hispanic Leadership Development and Enhancement Program Princeton Theological Seminary offers a two-track leadership development program for the Hispanic church community.