Leadership for Mission – Online Study 

Leadership for Mission is designed to help members of the church build leadership skills: honing communication, introducing change, leading groups, and addressing situations of disagreement and conflict. But leadership is more: It is a way of participating in God’s governance of his kingdom, a spiritual discipline that is deeper and broader and goes to the very heart of its practitioners. This class will focus on leadership that can help churches and ministries reach out to the world God wants to renew. Using a variety of concepts, models and strategies, we will explore what it means to be a “missional” or “transformational” leader in your unique context.

This 6-week online study will begin on October 15, 2025 and will be held on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:15 p.m. (EST). The registration fee is $135/person.

INSTRUCTOR: Rev. Dr. Karen Petersen (Finch), Professor of Pastoral Leadership

Dr. Petersen was appointed as Professor of Pastoral Leadership in 2021, joining the college in the summer of that year. Karen is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church USA and a member of the Presbytery of the Inland Northwest of that denomination. She previously served as Associate Professor of Theology at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington. Whitworth is a private liberal arts college in the Reformed Tradition. Karen is a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv) and of Gonzaga University (PhD), with the latter studies and research completed in Leadership Studies and Theology.

For more information, please contact Dr. Adrian Langdon, Director of the Leadership Centre: [email protected].

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