Running Growing Leaders is a significant commitment. Thankfully, everything you need to run the course is in the pack.
We run 'training the trainers' days all over the UK to equip people to lead the course. So take a look at the content of the course below, and then sign up for a training day.
Growing Leaders in the local church
James Lawrence and Simon Heathfield explain the theory and experiences which inspired the creation of the CPAS Growing Leaders course.
Overview of the course
Run over ten months with one session a month, each of the three parts has a particular focus.
Part 1: Firm foundations for Christian leadership
- Session 1: Leadership matters.
- Session 2: Establishing identity.
- Session 3: Clarifying call.
- Session 4: Developing character.
Part 2: Key skills for Christian leadership
- Session 5: Discerning direction.
- Session 6: Developing leaders.
- Session 7: Working together.
Part 3: Keeping faithful in Christian leadership
- Session 8: Embracing cost.
- Session 9: Staying fresh.
- Session 10: Continuing well.
Between sessions, participants meet with their mentors to help them integrate what they are learning into their life and leadership.
You may wish to download a more detailed course overview.
The focus
Growing Leaders is focused around three outcomes:
- Outcome 1: To be led more by Jesus, knowing him and understanding his will.
Christian leadership is rooted in relationship with Jesus. To be a good leader you first need to be a good follower. That's why the first outcome speaks of 'knowing him'. Yet it is so easy to lose our relationship with Christ in the busy-ness of ministry.
- Outcome 2: To lead more like Jesus, enabling his people to be a reconciling community.
There are some key skills to develop as leaders and Jesus is the ultimate leadership model. Growing Leaders focuses on working in teams, developing others and discerning vision.
- Outcome 3: To lead more to Jesus, serving his redemptive purposes in our generation.
The focus of all Christian leadership is not on the leader, but on servant leadership that enables God's people to fulfil kingdom purposes in God's world.
Want to know more? Don't forget to sign up for a Growing Leaders training event.
Mentoring is an essential part of the Growing Leaders course. CPAS has teamed up with Sophia Network and Urban Saints to deliver a series of mentoring training days for all those involved in working with children, young people and adults.
