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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 Press 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 (BA), Yale University (MDiv) and Luther Seminary (PhD, 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
The Rev. Canon Dave Male brings extensive experience in creating change, innovation, creative theological thinking, and strategic development through his work as a national leader in the Church of England, theological educator, and church pastor. He was, until very recently, the Director for Vision and Strategy for the Church of England, where he helped to develop a ten-year strategy for the Church of England and led a team helping dioceses, churches, and networks to implement it. Previously, he headed up the Evangelism and Discipleship Team for the Church of England, and before that, as National Advisor for Pioneering, he created an integrated strategy for innovative new ministries in the Church.
Dave is currently a visiting lecturer at Luther Seminary and previously served as a tutor in Pioneer Mission Training at Ridley Hall and Westcott House, Cambridge. Dave spent ten years starting and leading the Net Church in Huddersfield, which was one of the first fresh expressions of church in the UK. He has written a number of books and articles on mission, evangelis,m and fresh expressions, including How to Pioneer, and speaks and lectures on these issues both nationally and internationally.
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.
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