Theological Imagination
Leadership Development: Expressing an Inclusive, Anti-Oppressive Vision for the Church
Explores what it looks like to embody liberative leadership in the church that counters racism, homophobia, and other oppressive structures.
- Format
- Self-paced plus one live lesson
- Time
- Four lessons
- Teaching partner
- Disciples Seminary Foundation
Taught by anti-oppression consultant Sandhya Jha, the pilot course from the Disciples Seminary Foundation’s Certificate of Pastoral Leadership in a Divided World asks how congregations can partner with faith-based community organizations for local and global change.
What the course covers
- Service and Justice
- Justice Doing
- Community Strategies on Justice and Inclusion
- Justice, Inclusion, Service in Conversation
What you’ll learn and practice
- Distinguish between service and justice as biblical and theological concepts
- Discuss historic and contemporary illustrations of faith-rooted justice work
- Begin building a strategy for engaging diverse communities around anti-oppression and inclusion