Welcome to Faith+Lead’s Academy Catalog

Theological learning on your schedule. Deepen your faith and ministry skills where you are, when you can.

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Discerning: Exploring God’s Call to Ministry

Instructor: Terri Elton
This Christian leadership training will help you discern the vocation God has placed on your life—and respond with courage and faith.

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Faithful Innovation

Recruiting, Equipping, and Empowering Church Leaders

Instructor: Dwight Zscheile
An on-demand church leadership development course designed to address the growing need to raise up and train lay leaders and ministry volunteers.
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Ministry Leadership

Emotional Intelligence for Ministry

Instructor: Jeff Challberg
Build emotional intelligence for ministry with skills in managing emotions, leading with clarity and empathy, and church conflict resolution.
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Ministry Leadership

Lutheran Principles for Ministry

Instructor: Mark Tranvik
A training for church leaders and those in interim ministry, exploring the basics of Lutheranism and Lutheran theology through the Book of Concord.
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Ministry Leadership

Real Faith in an AI World: Rethinking Digital Ministry

Instructor: Ryan Panzer
Explore practical models of digital ministry with this on-demand course, covering ethical AI use and other tools for adaptive church leadership in a changing world.
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Faithful Innovation

Involucrando La Innovación de Fé en Tu Congregación

Instructor: Alicia Granholm
Navega por las comunidades cambiantes y los cambios culturales utilizando el discernimiento cristiano para escuchar profundamente y participar en la obra de Dios en tu contexto.
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Faithful Innovation

Money and Logistics for Starting a New Ministry

Instructor: Rosario Picardo
Learn how to set up a ministry with practical steps for sustainable success with the Money and Logistics for Starting a New Ministry on-demand course.

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What to Expect with a Faith+Lead Academy Course

You’ll get a transformative learning experience that combines trustworthy theological teaching with spiritual practices, interactive elements, and a supportive online community.

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Expand your theological toolkit with fresh insights for today’s ministry landscape. Connect timeless wisdom with practical frameworks for navigating change.

Deepen your spiritual identity through transformative practices. Move from doing church to being church in ways that nurture authentic discipleship.

Practice skills to lead confidently in your ministry context. Take actionable steps to invite your community into God’s unfolding story.

Every Academy course is designed to

Help your growth in one of these core areas:

connect with god

Develop a Christ-centered identity, grounded in theology, scripture, and spiritual practice, that empowers community members to live as disciples of Jesus Christ in everyday life.

Tell the story of Jesus and invite neighbors into Jesus’ way of life and love through words and actions they can recognize.

community

Listen deeply, name God’s presence in the midst of everyday life, and form life-giving relationships across all dimensions of diversity—both within and beyond the church.

Through mutual relationships with the neighbors among whom you’re hosted, join in acts of compassion, justice, and reconciliation as a witness to the ministry of Jesus—especially in places of suffering and despair.

ministry models

Harness skills of agile leadership, stewardship, fundraising, entrepreneurism, and management to be nimble enough to respond to a changing cultural landscape.

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Meet our Instructors and Contributors

Blair Pogue

Canon for Vitality and Innovation, Episcopal Church in Minnesota

Susan Beaumont

Consultant, Coach, Author, and Spiritual Director

Ridgeway Addison

Senior Learning Designer, Humana and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Georgetown University, School of Nursing

Anthony Bateza

Associate Professor of Religion; Department Chair of Race, Ethnic, Gender and Sexuality Studies
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Tripp Fuller

Visiting Professor of Theology, Luther Theological Seminary
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Angela Williams Gorrell

Author and Speaker
Ryan Panzer

Ryan Panzer

Leadership Developer for Digital Culture
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Grace Duddy Pomroy

Director of the Stewardship Leaders Program, Luther Seminary.

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