Center for Ministry Leadership

The Center for Ministry Leadership at Covenant Seminary is an educational and research initiative focused on changing lives and transforming churches through engagement with ministry leaders. It’s primary emphases are Intersect Forum and Pastors Summit.

The Center focuses its research initiatives on issues related to pastoral ministry and seeks to use this information to develop principles and practices that will enhance Covenant Seminary’s ability to prepare and sustain church leaders. As a result of this research, Covenant Seminary and other partnering institutions are restructuring their educational methods and content based on the Center’s discoveries.

Ongoing Research and Collaboration

Although the Center for Ministry Leadership bears fruit in the present, it is also planting seeds for the future. Researchers from the Center regularly gather insights from program participants concerning their preparation for ministry, the demands of ministry, and the best means of sustaining excellence in ministry. The Center anticipates the future release of publications on the realities of pastoral ministry and their implications for theological education.

Staff from the Center also attend a peer-group gatherings with other recipients of Sustaining Pastoral Excellence grants from Lilly Endowment Inc. The cross-pollination of ideas that occurs at these meetings facilitates interdenominational dialogue about what constitutes pastoral excellence and how to sustain it. The Center for Ministry Leadership is playing an integral role in serving pastors, their families, and tomorrow’s seminary students.