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A 2010 survey of Anglican clergy in the U.S. and Canada revealed that a majority were interested in coaching and peer support on topics like:

• The leader's walk with God - spiritual disciplines

• How to prevent burnout and moral failure

• How to cultivate a healthy marriage

• Resources for preaching

• Peer support and fellowship - to be able to talk to other pastors and learn from their experience

The Clergy Leadership Training Institute's purpose is to address these needs.

 

What is the structure of CLTI?

CLTI is envisioned as a three-year program where participants meet for one week each year for teaching and fellowship. At the first yearly CLTI seminar, they will form small groups for peer support which will continue for the entire duration of the program and afterward. These small groups are a key element of CLTI, and provide accountability, consultation, and support for clergy that is readily available.

 

What is the content of CLTI?

 • Year 1 topic: the personal life of the leader. Year One speakers will be Dr. Leighton Ford, president of Leighton Ford Ministries; Dr. Jim Osterhaus of The Armstrong Group; and Canon Phil Ashey of the American Anglican Council. Dr. Osterhaus and Canon Ashey would be available for consultation after the initial seminar.

• Year 2 topic: the ministry life of the leader

• Year 3 topic: leading a growing congregation

 

When is the first CLTI seminar?

 

• The first CLTI seminar for Year 1 is scheduled for 2011, exact date to be determined when funding is obtained.

• Tentative location is the Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove, Asheville, N.C.

 

To receive updated information as it is available, submit your contact information here. 

 

 

 

Speakers


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Dr. Leighton Ford, president of Leighton Ford Ministries and an ordained Presbyterian minister, was singled out by Time Magazine as "among the most influential preachers of an active Gospel." Dr. Ford was vice-president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, where he served for 31 years. He was also a regular alternate speaker with Billy Graham, his brother-in-law, on the Hour of Decision. As a leader, Dr. Ford serves as the Honorary Lifetime Chairman of the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization, having served as its chairman from 1976 to 1992.

He wrote "Transforming Leadership", published by InterVarsity Press, one of the most comprehensive books on leadership ever written. As a mentor, he has spent the last several years of his life pouring himself into younger men and women through Leighton Ford Ministries. The unique Arrow Leadership Program established under his leadership has now become a continuing international program in its own right.

 

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Dr. Jim Osterhaus is a senior partner with TAG Consulting, where he coaches executives in the non-profit sector, churches, government and business to help them move through change, conflict, and reorganization.

He has coached dozens of ministers from diverse traditions around the country. He has teamed with Leighton Ford conducting leadership mentoring retreats around the country and in Canada. He has also led workshops for churches on a variety of subjects including leadership, marriage and friendship. He holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from American University and has served on two church staffs where he directed counseling services and fulfilled a host of pastoral functions. He is an active member at Truro Church, where he is involved in preaching and teaching leadership.