Community-Building Graduate Certificate
Unleash your potential to transform your community
This Graduate Certificate provides rigorous theological and experiential inter-disciplinary education for Christian leaders interested in reconciliation and community-building. Integrating academic resources with innovative practices of place-based community-building organizations, students are immersed in real-world projects, gaining the understanding and skills needed to drive meaningful change in the places and organizations they serve.
This certificate is designed to help form and equip leaders to be spiritually free, committed to service, place focused with a universal view, and capable of ingenuity in changing and novel contexts.
Turning the love of God toward our neighbors in real-world communities, this Certificate is effective for any vocation.
All courses in this Certificate are experiential and online, allowing students to learn-by-doing in the place they are already serving.
Students will develop the skills and experience to walk with community stakeholders in order to exegete places, develop innovative human-centered solutions, and create sustainable strategies that drive change, all while building flourishing and welcoming communities.
Tracking closely the creation narratives of Genesis, this course helps leaders understand community-building not as a program, but as participation in God’s creative and reconciling work.
Engaging with Scripture, Christian spiritual practices, and guided reflection, students develop inner strength, deepen awareness of God’s presence, and learn practices that support wise discernment, healthy relationships and sustainable leadership.
This course is a hands-on experience that equips students to partner with communities to design, test, and refine practical solutions to real challenges using reconciliation-focused thinking, human-centered design, and systems strategies.
This course will teach you the process of implementing, funding, supporting and leading your solution. Students will learn the skills of designing a nimble business model, piloting a solution, developing strategy, and leading a team to drive results.
One of the most challenging aspects of leadership is moving your organization through transformational change. In this course, you will learn the tools and mindsets required to lead your organization to a new place.