School of Leadership: Discipleship abcde

The School of Leadership series is designed with the purpose of providing a tool to the church for formation, education and training of its members to actively integrate into Christian service the gifts and calling (vocation) they have received from the Lord. Each book provides study materials for one course in the School of Leadership program offered by the theological Institutions of the Mesoamerica Region of the Church of the Nazarene.

The School of Leadership has five core courses that are common to all ministries, and six specialized courses for each ministry area, at the end of which, the respective theological institution awards the student a certificate (or diploma) in Specialized Ministry.

The overall objective of the School of Leadership is “to work with the local church in equipping the saints for the work of the ministry establishing a solid biblical and theological foundation and developing them through the practice of exercising their gifts for service in the local congregation and society as a whole.”

The specific objectives of this program are threefold:

• Develop the ministerial gifts of the local congregation
• Multiply service ministries in the church and community
• Raise awareness of the vocation of professional ministry in its diverse forms