Learning and Innovation
Reimagining Spiritual Leadership
Our vision is to be a catalyst for transformative leadership in an evolving spiritual and religious landscape. We convene conversations that build courage and creativity, ignite imaginations, and inspire innovation. Through these conversations, we seek to deepen connections among leaders, equipping them with insights and practices necessary to navigate and shape the changing contours of faith and life in community.
We are committed to fostering environments where bold ideas are embraced, and the fusion of courage and creativity lights the way for a reimagined future of spiritual leadership.
LOCKE INNOVATIVE LEADER AWARD
INVESTING IN COURAGEOUS LEADERS
The Locke Innovative Leader Award recognizes individuals who demonstrate exceptional creativity and leadership in developing new practices and ministries that expand the reach of God’s love, advancing the church and nourishing communities, while inspiring others to join them.
ENGAGING CONVERSATIONS
SPARKING THE SPIRIT WITHIN YOU
The Igniting Imagination® podcast features rich conversations with prominent leaders from across the cultural and spiritual landscape that invite listeners into new relationships with themselves, their church, and their communities. It offers ideas to strengthen spiritual practice, build community, and inspire courage and innovation.
Learning & Insights
Weaving Tradition and Innovation
The future of the church's mixed ecology is rooted and reaching – rooted in the church and Wesleyan values and reaching for a better life that fully expresses God's love. These practices are central to the path forward:
- Expanding formation by clearing pathways for spiritual development and depth, individually and in community
- Sanctifying friendship by honoring and cultivating the sacredness of friendship and community
- Rewarding the edge by valuing and resourcing those who explore the boundaries or 'edges' of faith and practice
- Honoring experimentation by creating environments where both successes and failures are respected as part of learning and growth