We know church leaders, like you, need support for the important work of transformation – both of yourself and the communities you live in and serve. There is too much at stake in our country and world for shallow, one-size-fits-all solutions. So it’s our commitment to you to discern and offer opportunities that go deep and actually move the needle towards justice, liberation, and wholeness.
Join us this fall.
Leading Across the Divide Cohort
Wednesdays this fall @ 2:30-4:00pm ET
The congregations we serve are more diverse than ever: racially, culturally, generationally, theologically, economically. Our good intentions are not enough when the dynamics of power, conflict, and difference are still shaping our preaching, pastoral care, and congregational culture below the surface.
This six-month coaching cohort is built around the Intercultural Development Continuum (IDC), a research-based framework for building genuine intercultural competency. Alongside a cohort of peers in ministry, you’ll move beyond awareness into practice by developing real skills for leading across differences in the congregations and communities you serve.
Enneagram at Church Cohort
Tuesdays this fall @ 2:00-3:30pm ET
You may know your Enneagram type, and those of some church leaders, but did you know that your congregation has a type, too? The Enneagram offers a lens for relationships that allows us to move beyond differences in our preferred ways of being to understanding what motivates others and being better understood ourselves.
In this cohort we will explore the nine Enneagram types, investigate how type expresses itself collectively in a congregation, and activate our curiosity about patterns present in ourselves and in the systems we serve.
Zephyr Point’s Continuing Education Institute
October 25-30
Zephyr Point and NEXT Church are teaming up for a transformative week of continuing education, where communal learning meets the power of diverse voices and lived experiences. Surrounded by the breathtaking beauty of Lake Tahoe, this week stirs embers of inspiration and possibility, enlivening participants with renewed purpose and practical tools to carry forward. The week is curated with a unique theme and purpose, inviting leaders, educators, pastors, and the curious to come together for collaborative discussions and engaging activities.
Spaces are limited – don’t wait and miss out!
Workshops, Trainings, and Coaching
Bring NEXT Church to you!
The content of Cultivated Ministry comes alive and moves towards impact when it is accompanied by a training and/or coaching. Our staff and coaches are available to accompany your group, your church, or your leaders to unpack and put the principles into practice. Here are some ways we can support impact:
- half-day leadership training for a church or collection of churches
- leadership retreat
- cohort of leaders in a presbytery/conference/synod that journey together as they lead change and transformation
- individual leadership coaching to support implementation of practices
Antiracism as a Way of Being Course
Available now for groups to begin this fall.
Antiracism is not a program, a mission project, or even this course. Antiracism is a way of being. In order to shift how we move and breathe in the world, we must first look at the ways of being upholding the systems of oppression we seek to dismantle. Only then can we consider new practices and ways of embodying the life-giving values we seek to animate. When you begin to change yourself, you affect change in the systems around you. It starts with you.
Antiracism as a Way of Being is a six-module video series along with supplemental materials and reflection questions. The course asks the following questions:
- What does antiracism require of you?
- How are different forms of oppression linked?
- What embodied values will transform our institutions and ourselves?
- What makes our lives, our very beings, an act of resistance?
