Related training

Training and courses provided by other agencies and institutions which may be relevant to fresh expressions.

General training (below)
Ordained pioneer ministry training
Postgraduate training

Pioneer School

A unique school for pioneers in ministry, organised by the Centre for Pioneer Learning and the Cambridge Centre for Youth Ministry.

Pioneer School is designed for pioneers who want both input and support for their ministries. Six saturdays at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, each one resourcing and supporting you in your ministry:

• informing: morning input from key speakers to bring you theological and practical resources on the important issues you encouter;
• forming: afternoon hub discussion, reflection, prayer and worship with other pioneers, giving mutual support and encouragement.

Due to the character of the School, it is not possible to sign up for single sessions; you need to commit yourself to the whole process.

2011 dates

• 15th October 2011 Evangelism and mission for our times (Paul Weston)
• 3rd December 2011 Pioneering leadership (Steve Griffiths)
• 21st January 2012 Secularisation and its influence (Sylvia Collins-Mayo)
• 17th March 2012 Mission-shaped discipleship (Phil Meadows)
• 28th April 2012 What shape the Church? (Clare Watkins)
• 19th May 2012 Worship for a new context (Adrian Chatfield)

To book, please visit the Ridley Hall, Cambridge website or for more information download the flier at the foot of the page or contact Fiona Bell-Williamson on cymrid@hermes.cam.ac.uk or 01223 746583.

ReSource

Resource offers training weekends each year for people who are living out the call to pioneer new forms of mission. Each weekend is immersed in a different context and explores a particular edge in mission with a focus on meeting and hearing the story of local missional communities.

Visit the ReSource website for more information.

Missional Leadership Certificate (Springdale College - Together in Mission)

This is the non-accredited version of the MA in Missional Leadership.

At least 10% of the people in most churches are already in some form of leadership. This course will help equip you for leadership in the context of mission. If you would like to learn as part of the Missional Leadership programme, but do not want to become a postgraduate student, there is an option to gain a Springdale Missional Leadership Certificate.

For further information, please visit the Springdale College (Together in Mission) website.

Growing Leaders Course (CPAS)

This course is availabe as a pack of material, with a training day for those who want to run it in their local situation. For further information visit the Growing Leaders page of the CPAS website.

Crucible (Urban Expression/Salvation Army)

Crucible is for Christians with courage and imagination, who suspect:

• We need to operate as cross-cultural missionaries because we live in a cross-cultural mission context.
• We need to think creatively about incarnating the gospel and planting new kinds of churches in emerging and diverse cultures.
• We need to recover the biblical vision of shalom and reflect on how we live as followers of Jesus in light of this all-embracing vision.
• We need to pay particular attention to the margins, because we serve the God who frequently does new things there:
  - On the margins of society among the poor and disenfranchised.
  - At the margins of culture, where creative thinking explores new possibilities.
  - On the margins of the familiar, the spaces all around us, neglected or ignored, but full of potential.

For more details, please visit the Crucible website.

Foundational degree in community-based pioneer ministry

The FdA in Community Based Pioneer Ministry has been developed by the Centre for Youth Ministry (CYM) in partnership with St John's College, Nottingham and is validated by Staffordshire University. It is designed to provide work-based training opportunities for those involved in any kind of pioneering ministry.

Beginning in September 2011, the course is work-based, with the flexibility for students to study from two to four years. Students will attend St John's for up to 18 Wednesdays a year for teaching and formational input. Online resources will be provided as part of a blended learning approach, which will give students support as they continue learning in their own place of work, provide extra resources for study and opportunities to stay connected to others in their learning group.

Throughout their time on the course, students will work in an appropriate pioneer ministry context, such as a church, Christian community project, church plant, fresh expression, chaplaincy setting, YfC centre or mission agency.

Through this practical experience they will develop their skills and have the opportunity to put into practice all they are learning through their academic work. They will also compile portfolios of their work around five competences:

• personal skills;
• facilitation skills;
• leadership skills;
• community skills;
• ministry skills.

Taught modules relate directly to the students' ministry contexts and enable them to enhance their practical and theological understanding and develop their ministry skills. Types of assessment will vary to reflect different learning styles and preferences.

Modules in Year 1: Theory and Practice of Pioneer Ministry, Bible in Practice, Understanding Communities and Culture, Human Development in Practice, Models of Contextual Theology, Learning and Discipleship, Basic Skills for Pioneer Ministry.

Modules in Year 2: Spirituality for Pioneer Ministry, Entrepreneurial Skills, Approaches to Mission, Leading and Managing, Pastoral Care in Pioneer Ministry, Negotiated Study, Advanced Skills for Pioneer Ministry.

The supportive, creative and practical learning environment of MCYM courses attracts students from diverse cultural and church backgrounds with a range of different work and ministry experiences and of varying educational ability. CYM has worked in partnership with Staffordshire University since 2009.

The FdA in Community Based Pioneer Ministry, validated by Staffordshire University, is a valuable academic qualification in its own right. However, students successfully completing this award will have the opportunity to progress to a BA Honours Degree in Contextual Ministry if they wish to do so.

For further information please contact Gill Benson in the MCYM office on mcym@stjohns-nottm.ac.uk or 0115 968 3222.

In-service study weeks/four-week study units (St John's College, Nottingham)

For more details please visit the St John's College, Nottingham website, email the academic administrator or call 0115 9683216.