Interim Ministry 2 consists of a five-day classroom experience, plus approximately six months of individual fieldwork, including monthly conference calls. This particular class will be offered in the following format:
3 days, May 2-4 (Pt 1)
and 2 days, May 17-18 (Pt 2)
the fieldwork conference calls will begin about 30 days after completion of Part 2, using Zoom Video Conferencing
Interim Ministry 2 allows participants to practice and hone newly acquired skills, and equips trained traditional interim ministers to lead a congregation through a systematic assessment of its pastoral needs and congregational goals by looking closely at five areas of a healthy congregation, referred to as Focus Points:
Heritage: reviewing how the congregation has been shaped and formed
Mission: defining and redefining sense of purpose and direction.
Leadership: reviewing the congregation’s ways of organizing, and developing an effective clergy and lay leadership structure.
Connections: discovering all the relationships and networks a faith community builds beyond itself.
Future: synthesizing the interim work, activating and training the pastoral search/call committee, and coaching the committee (as requested) to accomplish its work.
Those who meet the course requirements receive a certificate of completion as an Intentional Interim Minister, issued by the Center for Congregational Health.
Instructors for the course:
Rev. Dr. Marvin L. Morgan, Certified IIM and Church Consultant Faculty, CCH and also D. Min. Faculty, Interdenominational Theo. Cntr, ATL GA
Rev. Dr. Les Robinson, CCH Faculty (retired), Associate D. Min. Faculty, ITC and Manager, Interim Ministry Resources and IIM Curriculum Editor
For additional information, and/or to register by phone, please contact:
Rev. Dr. Marvin L. Morgan - Faculty - (404) 550-2842
Rev. Dr. Heather Arcovitch - Course Coordinator - (203) 687-9172