I or Year II 9 Professional Concentrations Leadership and Renewal Leadership and Renewal concentrates on issues affecting ministry leaders in church ministry, both traditional congregational and nontraditional parachurch settings. Employing case studies, selected reading and practical projects, participants are challenged to align their lives and ministries with transformative, innovative and relevant approaches to solution-oriented management, organization, planning and service. The Advanced Cell Training track is designed as an orientation process in Cell Church transitioning principles. Ministry leaders learn how to decentralize pastoral ministry by developing values of prayer, spiritual warfare, lifestyle evangelism and shared leadership in small group settings within their congregations. The desired result is a church more capable to edify, equip and release members as ministers in their community.
Students attend four sequential seminars over a single year.
Additional leveling work may be required to prepare CPE students for their dissertation project. Clinical Pastoral Education transfer students are expected to pursue a ministry project and dissertation direction that incorporates leadership and renewal within the clinical context. Transfers are conducted with the director after acceptance. Independent Study and Flexibility Plans It may be necessary to modify the program s design in order to accommodate the special needs of students, especially military chaplains, missionaries on furlough, international students and pastors on call. In the event of scheduling conflicts or course cancellations, students have the option of remaining on schedule through independent study or directed field research.