Previously Recorded Webinars
Best Practices: Local Church Leadership Development (click to download)
What can we learn regarding the work of developing Christian leaders? A panel of leaders came together to share and swap stories and practices that they have found fruitful in their local church context. Our panelists were Beth Booram from Indianapolis IN; Pam Edwards from Waterloo IA; and Kent Priebe from Calgary AB. (Recorded May 2, 2012)
Discipleship: The Critical Need in Leadership Development Today: (click to download)
Awash in all of today's leadership tips and techniques and demands, we can lose sight of "the first order of business" in Christian leadership development: following Jesus. What does it look like to apprentice emerging leaders into a life of growing follower-ship of Jesus? And how can we keep the work of making disciples primary to our leadership development efforts? Join us for this conversation about the intersection of discipleship, spiritual formation and leadership development in our churches. (recorded February 2, 2012)
Crucibles: Times of Disorientation in a Leader's Life: (click to download)
What am I to do as a leader when life simply does not make sense? These seasons will come, and they often prove to be very trying, isolating, and confusing. But they can also be heightened times of learning in our lives and for our leadership. How are we to respond faithfully? There are ways we can learn to navigate such times. Join us to learn how. (recorded December 1, 2011)
Igniting Adult Believers: A Spiritual Mentoring Culture: (click to download)
Jesus' personal way with others always offers an alternative to our culture's dominant ways of relating. He lived out his mission by forming and developing a learning community of disciples. He had many other options available to him, but he chose to live out his purposes by being with his followers, life upon life. What does that look like today? Developing others in Jesus' name, amidst our relentlessly impersonal culture, requires that we intentionally prioritize nurturing a culture of meaningful relationships over the many other tasks of our church community. (recorded March 24, 2011)
Igniting Adult Believers: A Life Story Approach: (click to download)
We live in a culture that tells us either "our story doesn't really matter" or "our story is all that matters." This can be profoundly confusing to our spiritual development today. A crucial way in which we can intentionally support and challenge adult believers to grow up into Christ is by prayerfully paying attention with them to their life stories. For only in the economy of God's larger story do we discover that our stories matter immensely. (recorded February 10, 2011)
A Slow and Deep Work: Learning to Guide the Leadership Formation of Others: (click to download)
This webinar was hosted by The Leadership Centre-Willow Creek Canada to help churches understand the slow and deep work of VantagePoint3 Ministries....discipleship, walking alongside others, developing leaders. (recorded September 30, 2010)