This 10-module course is designed to help you understand how a congregation can thrive in today's context. It will present the tools to analyze a congregation, identify the leadership requirements, create effective management structures and introduce a variety of supportive spiritual experiences to help transform your congregational community. How to be a Thriving Congregation in the 21 st Century For details, see Course 5325V and technical requirements. This multi-module course is about congregations that soar, with all the energy and passion, all the tranquility and spirituality that eagles bring to their magnificent flight. It challenges congregations to risk being different, to serve the people in their community as well as their current membership - to fly with the eagles.
Thriving congregations are in touch with who they are and with their context.
They are congregations with vision, energy, a mission and a plan. They are congregations where staff and core laity see themselves as a leadership team working to make their vision a reality. This course shares the theory, methods and tools that make congregational transformation achievable and energizing. This course is not available for credit for those with credit in 5317 or 5317V , A Practical Guide to Congregation Transformation. Writing a Thesis with Substance and Style For details, see Course 573V and technical requirements.