IMN Membership

IMN MEMBERSHIP

Join as a New Member or Renew your existing One Year Membership

By joining this unique group of inter-faith professional religious leaders, you open doors to a world where individuals share knowledge and learn from one other. Each member’s goal is to teach and guide faith communities the transition process, so they are healthy and productive in their spiritual journey.

As an IMN member, you’re part of a professional community that’s regularly sharing news, knowledge, tools, and best practices in the rapidly evolving realm of transitional leadership with congregations and other faith-based organizations. Here you find a network of like-minded people who get you and the challenging work that you do every day.

Your annual membership is also crucial to making it possible for IMN to keep delivering the training and support that you and your colleagues need as you live into your unique call to be agents of transformation in transitional times. Thank you for helping advance IMN’s mission!

MEMBER BENEFITS

There’s tangible value in IMN membership too, including these exclusive member benefits, recently enhanced:

- - - NEW On Demand Video Library– IMN members have 24/7 access to IMN recorded webinars. Previously by subscription only, the On Demand Library gives you tools, guidance, and inspiration at your fingertips. You’ll find resources on topics such as right-sizing and mergers, sound financial practices and stewardship, governance and strategic planning, as well as essential transitional leadership principles and practices like change theory, conflict transformation, and congregational discernment. There are 33 videos in the library now and we’re always adding more, including a set of Annual Conference workshop recordings we’re preparing to add in the coming year.
    - Discounts of 10-30% – Available on Fundamentals of Transitional Ministry (FTM) and Effective Transitional Leadership (ETL) trainings, continuing education webinars, and Annual Conference, as well as all the new modular trainings being introduced in 2025.
    - Virtual Support Groups (VSGs)–– Where transitional leaders find companionship, get support, and grow as practitioners while engaged in their challenging work. Co-hosted by a pair of IMN leaders, they’re ecumenical, interfaith groups meeting at least once per month.
    - IMN Member Directory – Networking access through the Member Dashboard – restricted to individual and judicatory members – making it possible to share information with other IMN members about your abilities, experience, and employment search interests in the area of transitional leadership.
    - IMN Friday Newsletter – A bi-weekly e-newsletter with IMN news, notes on trends and trajectories, book reviews, and articles from IMN members on a wide range of transitional leadership topics.

Select your membership type. Then add to cart. You will then be directed to the shopping cart where you can add your payment information.

Once you have paid your joining fee you can sign up to be part of the IMN Website Member Directory – this also gives you access to the resources, articles, survey and much more. Click here to register to participate in the Member Directory. Once you register, allow 48 hours for activation of your account.

Next steps to your membership is how to get involved. Click here to find out how.