In Faithful Adaptation: Leading Change with Hope, the Rev. Dr. Michael Binder will share valuable practices and insights with leaders who are grappling with challenges
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Faithful Adaptation: Leading Change with Hope
Ministry today is full of questions that don’t have clear answers—maybe some of these sound familiar:
- How can I get more people to church?
- Are we even focused on the right problems?
- Why isn’t any of this working anymore?
Through fresh insights rooted in hard-won experience, he’ll invite us to move beyond shallow, one-size-fits-all solutions in favor of deep listening, creativity, and hopeful adaptation.
Too often, we get stuck trying to “fix” something that actually needs deep transformation! If you’re stuck constantly trying to fix something—or several somethings that crop up again and again—how can you figure out what’s really going on? Michael will share tools and exercises to help you get to the root of the issue in your context, so that you can take your next, faithful step with clarity and confidence.
What you’ll gain:
A new way of truly getting to the root of a challenge instead of jumping to quick fixes.
Tools for identifying and describing your own complex situations—in ways that empower you to take real, effective action.
A practical introduction to the “How Might We” framework, providing you with concrete next steps to carry you—and your people—through the challenge of change.
Event Details
May 22, 2025
12:00 pm
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1:30 pm CT
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Michael Binder
Assistant Professor of Congregational Mission and Leadership, Luther Seminary
Michael Binder is an assistant professor of congregational mission and leadership at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. His teaching focuses on starting new congregations, leading change, and practicing Christian witness and evangelism amidst secular cultures.
Binder is a founding pastor of Mill City Church in northeast Minneapolis and continues to serve there. He has worked as a consultant with hundreds of congregations and denominations in the U.S. and Canada. Binder is a graduate of Carleton College (Northfield, Minnesota), Bethel University (MDiv), and Luther Seminary (PhD, Congregational Mission and Leadership).
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