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Reshape Your Church System for the Future
A Learning Community for Regional and Denominational Executive Leaders
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Program Overview
The church landscape is changing, demanding new forms of community alongside inherited ones. As time-honored structures struggle, new forms of Christian community are essential. In this peer learning community, leading experts, the Rev. Canon Dave Male and the Rev. Dr. Dwight Zscheile, provide the training and coaching you need to navigate this shift. Gain the courage, clarity, and creativity to help your judicatory body thrive in a new era.
Journey alongside regional and denominational executive leaders to develop the practical skills and spiritual foundation needed for faithful innovation.
Your Learning Experience Includes:
Session Schedule
Our hybrid model combines 9 hours of interactive online learning, a 2-day retreat in Houston, Texas, on March 16 and 17, and personal mentoring to equip you for confident, clarity-driven leadership in your ministry.
Wondering if this is right for you?
“A future church is a mixed ecology church. Let’s build it together.”
Reshape Your Church System for the Future is for regional executive leaders. This learning community is designed for individuals who are:
2-Day In-Person Residential
Your registration fee includes an in-person gathering in Houston Texas in which housing and meals are covered. Travel costs to the gathering are not included.
6 Online Sessions
After the in-person residential, join us for 90-minute sessions on Zoom.
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Get to Know Your Instructor
Dwight Zscheile
The Rev. Dr. Dwight Zscheile is professor of congregational mission and leadership at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.
He is the author of Embracing the Mixed Ecology (with Blair Pogue, Seabury Books, 2025), Leading Faithful Innovation: Following God into a Hopeful Future (with Michael Binder and Tessa Pinkstaff, Fortress 2023), Participating in God’s Mission: A Theological Missiology for the U.S. (with Craig Van Gelder, Eerdmans 2018), The Agile Church: Spirit-Led Innovation in an Uncertain Age (Morehouse Publishing, 2014), People of the Way: Renewing Episcopal Identity (Morehouse Publishing, 2012) and The Missional Church in Perspective: Mapping Trends and Shaping the Conversation (with Craig Van Gelder, Baker Academic 2011), editor of Cultivating Sent Communities: Missional Spiritual Formation (Eerdmans, 2012), and co-editor (with Ed Olsworth-Peter) of The Starter’s Way: Leading New Contextual Christian Communities (Church Publishing, 2025).
A graduate of Stanford University (B.A.), Yale University (M.Div.), and Luther Seminary (Ph.D., Congregational Mission and Leadership), Dwight previously served congregations in Minnesota, Virginia, and Connecticut. Dwight’s experience growing up in a secular home in California has shaped his commitment to helping the church cultivate Christian community with neighbors in today’s changing world.
Dave Male
Dave Male is the Co-Director of Vision and Strategy for the Church of England and Visiting Instructor, Luther Seminary. He leads a team that helps churches, dioceses, and networks implement the strategy. One part of the strategy is the creation of 10,000 new worshipping communities over the next 10 years. Previously, he served as the Church of England’s National Adviser for Pioneer Development, developing national leadership pathways for those starting new churches, and was before that, Tutor in Pioneer Mission Training at Ridley Hall and Westcott House, Cambridge, creating the first training pathway for those starting new churches. Dave led one of the first fresh expressions in the UK and has trained and equipped many others to do the same. He has authored several books on evangelism and pioneering issues and spoken on these issues across the world.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the in-person retreat included in the cost?
Yes, the housing and meals for the retreat are included. Travel to and from the retreat is not included in the registration fee.
What’s the time commitment?
This is a 12-month learning community with a 2-day in-person residential and six bi-monthly 90-minute online meetings with Dave Male and Dwight Zscheile.
Don’t see your question addressed?
Email us at support@faithlead.org for more information. We’ll be delighted to connect!