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CHURCH LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE

Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Wesley's Office of Admissions via email or via phone at (202) 885-8659.

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Applications now being accepted for May 2012. Apply by December 1, 2011.

TRACK OBJECTIVES

Wesley Seminary provides a Doctor of Ministry track in Church Leadership Excellence so that clergy will receive the enhanced knowledge, skills, and motivation to increase congregational and denominational service, vitality, and growth. This track focuses on the personal development and public practices of those called to lead the church toward the vision of God’s reign. A serious engagement with contemporary secular leadership studies is held in tension with theology. Participants will examine the biblical, theological, and ethical foundations of ministry through the lens of leadership to enhance their own fruitful practice of leadership. The combined resources of the Wesley faculty and the Lewis Center for Church Leadership bring depth and energy to this track.

CLASS SCHEDULE

May 8-11, 2012: Effective and Visionary Leadership
Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Church Leadership and Director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership of Wesley Theological Seminary

May 14-18, 2012: Leading Diversity in the 21st Century
Dr. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Senior Minister and Minister for Vision, Worship and the Arts at Middle Collegiate Church in New York City;
Rev. John Janka, consultant, trainer, and coach for congregations and non-profits, and an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church; a former Director of Counseling and Education at the Alban Institute.

January 7-11, 2013: The Tone of Church Leadership®
Dr. Michael S. Koppel, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Congregational Care

January 14-18, 2013: Images of Leadership in the Bible
Dr. Denise Dombkowski Hopkins, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Woodrow W. and Mildred B. Miller Professor of Biblical Theology

May 14-17, 2013: Cultural Dynamics of Leadership
Dr. George B. Thompson, Associate Professor of Church Administration and Leadership at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia; consultant for the Alban Institute

May 20-24, 2013: Trinity, Incarnation, and Church Leadership
Dr. Robert K. Martin, the Lovett H. Weems, Jr. Associate Professor of Church Leadership and Practical Theology at Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri

January 6-10, 2014: Person and Role of Church Leader
Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr. and Dr. Susan Sonnenday Vogel, Dean of the Chapel at Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri, prior to her retirement

January 13-17, 2014: Project Seminar
Dr. Lewis Parks, Professor of Theology, Ministry, and Congregational Development and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program