Annual Conference webcast links can be found at the Annual Conference website. Worship sessions are available, live and recorded. Equipping sessions and business are available to registered virtual non-delegate participants.
Find Youth and Young Adult webinars here.
Learn about NEW opportunities to earn CEUs for viewing recorded materials!
Discipleship and Leadership Formation is excited to be partner with Fresh Expressions to bring the first of three webinars offered the first quarter of 2025.
An Introduction to Fresh Expressions in the Anabaptist/Pietist Tradition
Date: Wednesday, January 29.
Time: 11am Pacific / 1pm Central / 2pm Eastern
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/t1D3ANppS1a6Pl-xCyKd7g
CEU: 0.1
Small forms of Christian community are cropping up in all kinds of places and spaces as churches begin to connect with the communities around them. Our tradition, with its emphasis on reconciliation, peace, and justice, is positioned to be able to connect with a postmodern generation that shares these longings. Learn how your church could begin to connect with this generation in new ways, no matter what size your congregation or budget.
Matt Lake
Presenter
Matt Lake serves as the Lead Pastor of First Church of Williamsport, PA—an urban congregation that consists of a mix of traditional and contemporary worship experiences. First Church also currently hosts a network of fresh expressions of ministry called the Acts Network in which people meet in places such as homes, gyms, nursing homes, parks, and even in the mountains! Matt is a graduate of Messiah College (B.A. in Biblical Studies) and has a Master in Divinity from Duke Divinity School. Matt also has his Doctorate of Ministry in Semiotics and Future Studies through Portland Seminary in which he focused on developing effective models of congregational discipleship for the new day in which we find ourselves. Matt has worked with a variety of churches in consultant and coaching roles and has a passion to see God’s Kingdom impacted through lives transformed in the love of Jesus Christ. Matt is deeply in love with his beautiful wife Jennifer and is doing his best to keep up with his three, amazing, grown-up kids–Alexandra, Joshua, and Zach.
Churches Care online course
Empowering church and lay leaders, and health, mental health and social work professionals in churches to effectively support and assist those experiencing mental illnesses and addiction/substance use challenges via this 6-week, self-paced course. 1.8 Clergy CEUs are available for this 18-hour training from the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership. Join the next cohort, January 19 – March 1, 2025.
Find out more about the 2025 Churches Care course.
Register for Churches Care ($149)
2025 Clergy Tax Seminar
Saturday, Feb 1, 2025 – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time
Students, clergy, and anyone who deals with clergy finances are invited to participate in this online Zoom seminar.
- Learn how to prepare clergy taxes correctly and legally.
- Comply with regulations while maximizing tax deductions.
- Earn 0.3 CEUs – for the first two sessions only.
Registration is $40 per person (generally nonrefundable to keep fees and overhead low). Current Brethren Academy, Bethany Theological Seminary, and Earlham School of Religion students may attend the seminar at no cost. Find more information on the Clergy Tax Seminar here. Download the Clergy Tax Seminar brochure here (PDF).
Register for the 2025 Clergy Tax Seminar
Mental Health, Well-Being, and Congregations
Increasingly, mental health has become a critical topic with congregational leadership as churches deal with mental illness and addictions. COVID-19 has highlighted the challenges and needs of congregations to minister effectively to people combating health and wellness problems.
Are you a pastor or congregational leader who needs to know more or wants to learn how to minister in these situations?
As a result, Discipleship Ministries is excited to make known the resources of We Rise International, an Anabaptist-based organization that partners with and empowers diverse communities to improve health and social well-being.
We Rise International provides health education, training, and capacity-building for communities and their leaders.
You can attend these virtual equipping sessions for pastors and congregational leaders. In addition, CEUs for pastors are available.
Upcoming and recorded sessions include
- Helping Children and Teens Cope with Trauma
- Helping Loved Ones with Addiction, Even if They Seem to Not Want Help
- Surviving Trauma.
Use the QR Code to register for the webinars and learn about We Rise International.
