Events

The CPL hosts a wide range of events geared to students and pastors/leaders alike. These include conferences, pastors days, chapel services, women’s leadership events, lectures, and seminars about practical aspects of ministry.

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Courses

The CPL sponsors occasional courses focused on lifelong learning. Depending on the course, it may also be able to count for graduate credit. Contact us with questions!

Current Course(s):

Mentoring Opportunities

Mentoring for Ministry is mentor-led peer group program specifically targeted to address the challenges faced by new clergy. Cohorts meet twice yearly for a five-day retreat session that includes education, spiritual formation, mentoring, fellowship and more. Questions? Contact Dana Preusch at 816.268.5408 or dpreusch@nts.edu.

Download the Mentoring for Ministry Application

Leadership Roundtable is designed for seasoned pastors who want to step away from the demands of parish ministry for a brief time of intentional reflection on specific challenges they are facing, both personally and professionally. The three-day event is intended to enable pastors to feel a renewed sense of call and fresh enthusiasm for serving the Church, as well as create deep networks for support for the journey ahead. Questions? Contact Dana Preusch at 816.268.5408 or dpreusch@nts.edu.

Download the Leadership Roundtable Application

View photos of past CPL Events.

Financial Literacy

The CPL actively collaborates with Clergy Development, Stewardship Ministries, Pensions and Benefits and The Compass Initiative to offer effective resources for pastors seeking to gain financial wellness for the long term. As part of NTS’s financial aid efforts, seminary students receive ongoing debt load assessment and financial counseling from qualified CPL staff members. If you are a pastor or leader seeking resources, contact Bill Kirkemo at bkirkemo@nts.edu.

Free Videos

The CPL video library contains several open access videos that do not require a subscription. Two ongoing series that are made available as a resource to ministry leaders are Lectionary to Go and Thinking Out Loud.

Lectionary to Go is a weekly 5-7 minute reflection by Dr. Roger Hahn.

Thinking Out Loud is an ongoing series featuring Dr. Jesse Middnedorf.

Ministry Links

Lifelong Learning Registry
Nazarene clergy can report Lifelong Learning hours to district and regional leaders

Compass Initiative
Resources and programs to help ministers achieve financial health

Didache
An interdisciplinary academic journal offered on-line that explores the intersections of Christian conviction, culture and education for the Church of the Nazarene and other international Wesleyan communities in higher education

Discipleship Place
Online resources to equip lay leaders for discipleship ministry

Clergy Development
Resources for Nazarene clergy

Grace and Peace Magazine
Quarterly dialogical magazine with articles and videos for pastors and ministry practitioners

This Nazarene Life
This Nazarene Life is a grassroots podcast featuring interviews with young Church of the Nazarene clergy and their role models

Wesleyan-Holiness Digital Library
A free, multidisciplinary, open access, digital resource of books, literature, multimedia, and archives collected into a single institutional repository

Sacred Sorrow
An ongoing collection of lament resources that can be utilized by individuals and churches for the faithful practice of lament

A Plain Account
Free essays from over 100 contributors to aid lectionary preaching

The Sermon Studio
A podcast dedicated to the art and craft of preaching

The Text This Week
A wide variety of resources for study and liturgy based on the 3-year Revised Common Lectionary cycle