Clergy Age Trends in the United Methodist Church: 1985-2021
Download the 2021 Clergy Age Trends Report. Highlights of the 2021 Report Young Elders Decline to Record Low Number The recent decline in the…
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Wesley Theological Seminary Summer 2021 Courses from Lewis Center Staff Members
Join the Lewis Center’s Dr. Lovett H. Weems Jr. and Dr. Ann A. Michel for their online summer courses from Wesley Theological Seminary. Each course is…
Designing Digital Worship: A Workshop with Dr. Tim Snyder
Learn how design thinking can help you solve your congregation’s digital worship challenges. The Designing Digital Worship workshop is a follow-up to popular webinar Participation…
Participation & Presence: Leading Meaningful Digital Worship
Learn how to take your leadership of digital worship to the next level. It’s been a more than a year since most congregations transitioned to…
Evaluation for “Moving Toward Wholeness: Traumatized Texts and Bodies”
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Participation & Presence: Leading Meaningful Digital Worship
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Leading Ideas: Top Lewis Center Resources of 2020
Lewis Center resources guide you in strengthening your personal leadership and renewing your congregation. Below are our most popular free and purchased resources of the…
Top Leading Ideas Articles of 2020
Each December we take a look at the most popular Leading Ideas articles of the year and give our readers a second chance to glean…
The Crisis of Younger Clergy in the UMC: Young Clergy and Candidates Speak Out
Clergy Age Trends in the UMC: 2005-2020 reports that the number of elders age 35 and under has fallen nearly to the record low recorded 15…
The Crisis of Younger Clergy in the UMC: Young Clergy and Candidates Speak Out
The number of elders age 35 and under has fallen nearly to the record low recorded 15 years ago, erasing a decade of progress. The…