What is Impact Leadership Training (ILT)?
We wanted to create a place to EQUIP, EMPOWER and CHALLENGE you in your discipleship life. Leadership is many things and shows up in many different ways. We’re tossing out the idea that leadership is “the people on the platform” or the “the people with the titles” and working from the famous John Maxwell assumption: LEADERSHIP IS INFLUENCE
Whoever you’re influencing - your family, coworkers, friends, church members - we want to do whatever we can to train you to make an impact in their lives for Christ.
You don’t need to have a position of leadership, be a certain type of person or feel like a leader. You just have to be willing to grow and be challenged to influence the world around you for Jesus.
WINTER 2023
spirutal leadership (CP GROUP)
The need for leaders in the church is vital. God is calling men and women who are guided by and devoted to Jesus Christ to lead. This group will focus on growing in and applying the biblical principles in the classic book, Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer. Join this Connecting Point group by heading to our CP page.
SELF-DIRECTED LEADERSHIP STUDIES
Take yourself through any or all of these courses, articles and studies at your own pace. Let us know if you have any questions!
NEXT Courses (including The Disciple of Jesus, completed in ILT Winter 2022)
Life Transformation Courses (including Learning to Serve & Learning to Lead, completed in ILT Winter 2021 & Fall 2021)
Leaders With Substance (Article)
The Deacon’s Qualifications (Study)
The Overseer’s Qualifications (Study)
Frequently Asked Questions:
Sounds great but what’s the end game? Are you looking for new CP leaders or ushers or something?
Well, sure! But that’s not the endgame. ITL is focused on equipping you for wherever you are leading now and preparing you for wherever you might be called to lead in the future. If this training helps you to lead your family better - fantastic! If it gives you the confidence to step out and lead in a ministry - also great!
Who is behind ILT? Who will be doing the sessions?
Pastors Tracy, Erin and Margaret are all working together to create and launch each session of ILT. We realized that having separate training for each ministry area at Freedom wasn’t the best use of our resources or your time. So ILT will be applicable and use real-life examples from every area of ministry to that it can be applied in whatever context you find yourself in.
I’m interested but I can’t commit right now. Can I join later? Will I be behind?
ILT is built so that there is only one pre-requisite: Learning to Serve. You can take that course on Teachable whenever you have time or download it and complete it from our NEXT page in PDF format. After that, you can jump in (or out) whenever we start a new semester. While it would be ideal (though admittedly unrealistic for most) to have you in every semester from now until we run out of things to talk about (aka when Jesus returns), you are not committing for more than one semester at a time. And when you can join us, you’ll never be behind.
I don’t have any theological training or qualifications for leadership. I don’t know if this is for me.
Not a problem. There is absolutely no expectation for participants to have any qualifications other than wanting to serve Jesus, grow in your discipleship, be open to learning, growing and building their leadership capacity. You got this.
What’s the time commitment?
Other than the dates and times listed above for our whole group sessions, you’ll need to find a couple of hours per month to go through the course material and have it completed ahead of the sessions. Easy!
I’m not techie. Doing everything digitally is intimidating for me. How much tech stuff will I need to figure out?
We often use Zoom for live sessions.
We are using Teach:able for our online course material.
We are HAPPY to walk you through any tech issues you may have. We can get you set up, test your connection, talk you through the online lessons - whatever you need. Just don’t let the tech stand in your way!
leader in training (LIT) program
If you are an emerging leader looking for practical training in servant leadership, we encourage you to consider the Leader in Training Program. Here you’ll find the LIT Program Outline and the application form.
Contact Pastor Tracy if you have any questions!