The Church Leadership Programme (CLP) is a year-long learning journey designed for lay and ordained leaders in URC churches and community contexts. It is delivered through a blend of online learning and three residential weekends held in Manchester.
CLP encourages you to explore reflective practice as a foundation for sustaining healthy leadership in ministry. It aims to deepen your theoretical and practical understandings of reflective practice, by engaging with a range of perspectives including theological, biblical, and psychological approaches.
Experiential learning is central to this programme and will be fostered in several ways:
- A regular reflective space led by your tutor, creating an environment for shared reflection and discussion
- Self-reflective tasks designed to help you personalise your engagement with the material
- A reflective journal, maintained throughout the programme, which will form a key part of allowing you to integrate your learning into the heart of your ongoing ministerial practice
By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of reflective practice and its application to leadership in your context
- Apply reflective practices to bring insight, transformation, and growth into your leadership and ministry
- Gain a clearer understanding of your strengths, vulnerabilities, and development needs as a leader
CLP is beginning in September 2025. To register your interest and for more information, please contact christine.hufton@lutherking.ac.uk
If you would like to register for the course, please download the registration form . Fees and funding options can be found in Section 8 of the form.
To submit your registration form, or to discuss tuition and/or funding further, please email ministries@urc.org.uk – registration close at 12pm on Saturday 30th August 2025
