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The Fundamental of Transitional Ministry: The Work of the Leader (FTM-Leader) is designed to provide information and experiences that will be helpful to persons who plan to function in a congregational leadership role during a time of clerical transition. Participation in the program will help such persons to discern the possibility of a call to this specialized ministry.
FTM-Leader focuses on Theoretical Foundation of Interim Training: General Systems Theory, Bowen Family System Theory and Bridges' Theory of Change and Transition. Class time will also be devoted to the Process Tasks of the Leader: Joining and Analyzing the system, the Congregation and the Denomination, Discerning Responsibility, Establishing Priorities and Evaluate and Adjust.
Primary Audience:
- Persons who plan to function in a congregational leadership role during a time of clerical transition.
- Judicatories and lay leaders making decisions about clergy leadership during the transition time.
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Presents the tasks and responsibilities of the congregation during periods of transition.
37 contact hours of class work plus 35 contact hours of field work. Total for all three required courses is 95 contact hours.
Primary Audience: Ordained clergy in good standing who wish to specialize in serving congregations who are between senior ministers or undergoing comparable serious change.
Attendees must complete an acceptance and verification process and have successfully completed the IMN Fundamentals course.
Graduates receive a certificate of completion for 95 contact hours of change management training.
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The final requirement for completion of the intentional interim training is the successful execution of a fieldwork project. Students who have completed the FTM and IIM courses are divided into teams of six with a faculty coordinator.
Over the course of about six months, each student proposes a demonstration project on an interim subject. He or she is guided through the conception, research, execution and publication of a project that illustrates an ability to apply the theoretical knowledge gained in the other two courses.
The course is taught by Email and monthly teleconferences between the participants. |
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Late spring conference features keynote addresses and a worship service.
Attendees choose from some 24 specific workshops presented in 5 sessions
Primary Audience: Practicing interim ministers, seminarians and denominational administrators. |
Can be variable time periods, depending on subject matter.
Designed to use selected IMN modular courses in a unique curriculum.
Tailored to sponsor's needs.
Primary audience specified by sponsor. Denominational or local instructional needs can be accommodated. |
A team of experienced consultants has designed a two-tiered approach to consultant training.
The basic level of training is focused on developing and enhancing skills for working with congregations.
The second level of training involves a fieldwork project in which the skills are practiced and refined under the guidance of experienced mentors. |