About Lecture - LM-01 - The Calling of Congregational Leadership

by Larry McSwain

This course will focus on a multiple meanings of the vocation of ministry for both clergy and lay leaders. The class will give attention to three aspects of functioning effectively as a congregational leader: the being of the leader, the knowledge base for leading, and the multiple doing tasks required of the leader. Primary emphasis is given to the tasks of dreaming or visioning for a missional congregation, caring for the church and community, organizing for the mission, and resourcing the congregation.

This course, "The Calling of Congregational Leadership," is one of our video-only courses consisting of seven high-quality video lectures from Larry McSwain. All video lectures are delivered as streaming video to media players embedded into each lecture’s page in a dedicated Virtual Classroom.

• Session 1: 48:01 (mm:ss)
• Session 2: 27:59 (mm:ss)
• Session 3: 38:29 (mm:ss)
• Session 4: 31:06 (mm:ss)
• Session 5: 34:34 (mm:ss)
• Session 6: 29:06 (mm:ss)
• Session 7: 36:33 (mm:ss)