Vineyard Leadership Essentials is an off-the-shelf leadership training course that will be run in most Vineyard Churches in the UK and Ireland. Covering many of the most important and foundational aspects of leadership, Leadership Essentials is the perfect place to grow in understanding and insight alongside others from your church family.
This free course exists for any and all current or emerging leaders, whether they have led for 4 months or 40 years.
The curriculum is made up of a series of 18 pre-recorded video sessions delivered by leaders from across the Vineyard movement, both nationally and internationally.
These sessions are centred around the Five Characteristics of a Pioneering Leader (a philosophy that our movement has been using in various training environments for some years), and acts as an introduction to leadership skill and responsibility.
Vision and Calling
Understanding vision and calling and its importance in ministry.
Spiritual and Emotional Capacity
Recognise and understand the importance of self-awareness and strategic living
Communication
Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of key factors involved in communication
Leadership and Multiplication
Demonstrate an understanding of the theology of leadership and its importance
Gathering and Mission
Recognise and understand the role of gathering in the process of ministry
If you would like to attend Vineyard Leadership Essentials, your first step is to speak to your Senior Pastor. If there is not a course running near you, please use the button below to contact us and we'll help put you in touch with the closest course.
The Leadership Essentials programme is the first step for all emerging and existing leaders who want to grow in their leadership skill, gifting and call. Click below to start the process of running a course in your church.
Hull Vineyard
Leadership Essentials is an excellent resource, covering an extensive range of leadership development topics and themes. We adapted the material to suit our context so that we could run the session in 90 minutes, by prioritising the watching of the videos and handpicking questions. We always receive great feedback and good engagement during the sessions. Essentials has definitely added an arrow to our quiver for growing and raising leaders in our church.
Catalyst Vineyard
I liked that you cover lots of different topics, some that are close to your heart and others that are less so. I think it’s good to get a good variety. I really loved the questions and getting time to look at them with Jesus, getting my heart aligned in the right place. On the evenings, I loved meeting with other people and hearing their different perspectives, sharing honestly and openly. VLE for me was really cool and encouraging to have people with you on a journey of discovery, we learn from each other. It’s such a positive group environment and feels like a really safe place to share where you are at and what you’re learning.
Manchester Vineyard
This is our second year of running Leadership Essentials and it has been such a joy. We have loved seeing those in different places on their journey of leadership coming along, engaging in sessions, being challenged, asking questions, being encouraged. And the same for us too! Getting to also hear the videos and engage in the content has been life giving for us too. We have seen how people have grown in their confidence and willingness to engage in discussion which has been great and some of those who are on their second year are aiding to facilitate the discussion of those in their first which makes a huge difference. Both in terms of encouraging the first years but also in seeing second years step into more.
We are delighted to now offer Essentials to any church outside of the UK and Ireland. All 18 videos have closed captions translated, starting with Norweigan, Spanish and Portugese. Alongside this are downloadable guides available in those languages.
We've put together a list of some of the most popular questions. We hope this is helpful to you.
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