2023 Leadership Development Intensive Training
Are you interested in serving the church in a leadership capacity? This might include being an elder, deacon, deaconess, teacher, small-group leader, or numerous other possibilities.
Join us for this eight week study where we'll explore the fundamentals and basics of our church, faith, and denomination. We'll meet weekly on Wednesday from 6 - 7:30 p.m. See the schedule below for more information, and if you’re interested, follow the sign-up link below.
If you are being considered for the role of elder, deacon, or deaconess, we are asking that you commit to all eight lectures with no more than one "excused absence."
Required Reading:
Where applicable, you will be asked to purchase the reading materials. If you have difficulty obtaining or finding any of these materials, please contact LeeEric Fesko at LFesko@ChristPres.org.
Jesus Outside the Lines, 2nd Edition; Scott Sauls (Be sure it’s the 2nd edition! Contact LeeEric Fesko at LFesko@ChristPres.org if you wish to purchase this book at the publisher’s printing price of $5.00.)
Concise Theology; J.I. Packer
Truths We Confess; R.C. Sproul
Westminster Shorter Catechism; G.I. Williamson
Every Good Endeavor; Tim Keller
When Helping Hurts; Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert (most recent edition)
The Presbyterian Church in America Book of Church Order (free download)
”Why Work?”; Dorothy Sayers
Format
The format of the training will occur in a three-legged approach:
- Personal Reading and Reflection
- Small group/table discussion based on the reading
- Lecture based on the reading and discussion
Sessions will take place over the course of nine weeks with one week off for Spring Break.
For those being considered for the role of elder, deacon, or deaconess, in addition to the schedule below, there will be a four-week campus-specific training led by the campus ministry director. Reading materials and hands-on ministry training will be scheduled at their discretion.
Schedule
The schedule for the core intensives will be as follows; all sessions will take place at the Old Hickory Blvd Campus:
Feb 8: Week 1—Introduction and review of CPC101, Every Good Endeavor, and “Why Work?”
Feb 15: Week 2—Review of Jesus Outside the Lines
Feb 22: Week 3—Review of Concise Theology
Mar 1: Week 4—Truths We Confess Part 1 (WCF chapters 1 - 8)
Mar 8: Week 5—Truths We Confess Part 2 (WCF chapters 9 - 16)
Week of March 13: Off (Spring Break)
March 22: Week 6—Truths We Confess Part 3 (WCF chapters 17 - 24)
March 29: Week 7—Truths We Confess Part 4 (WCF chapters 25 - 33)
April 5: Week 8—Review of the Book of Church Order
You can find additional information on the qualifications and requirements for being a deacon, deaconess, or elder on this page.