Leadership Focus exists to provide easy access to valuable missional resources, training, and coaching that will prepare and credential a new generation of bold, Christ-centered leaders
Leadership Focus is the credentialing tool used within the Church of God. It is a 6-module curriculum to support the credentialing requirements in the Credentials Manual of the Church of God and is designed to prepare leaders for ordination. Candidates are assigned to a cluster group that they will “journey” with throughout a nearly 3-year process. An experienced coach is assigned to the cluster for each module; cluster coaches change for each module. Each module is 6 months in duration with the exception of the first module which is primarily an orientation module and is partly self- paced. At the end of the process, a candidate will have spent a little more than 2.5 years with their cluster group members, guided by 5 different coaches.

What you can expect

Core Values

Spiritual Formation

Understanding the source of and strength for ministry

Competencies

Honing the skills necessary to succeed

Missional

Outreach and commissioned Leadership

Community

Commitment to accountability, growth, and excellence

The Six Modules
Commencement
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​Knowing God’s will for me (Calling) – LF is a pursuit of knowing in
the fullest sense – using all of our senses.​

The Commencement module is the orientation module; the primary purpose is to (1) orient candidates to the LF Program and help them get started on the right foot, (2) begin building community among cluster members, and (3) exploring the call of God.
Character

​Knowing the personal me and aligning with the Holy Spirit for missional purpose

The focus of the Character module is on internal values and desires that drive us in aligning with the Holy Spirit for missional purposes.
Competencies

​Knowing the public me and interacting with others to unlock their potential for missional kingdom impact

The Competencies module assists candidates in understanding how external actions align with Godly missional actions for missional impact.
Confessions

Knowing the professional me and developing skills to communicate missional truths that transform lives

In Confessions, candidates focus on perceiving and discerning how aligning with the truths of God bring missional transformation.​
Connectivity

Knowing the partnering me and intentionally developing healthy kingdom relationships that produce missional expansion

Structured around Acts 1:8, the Connectivity module is about understanding how a calling of an individual intertwines with the calling of others for Kingdom purposes.​
Module 6: Celebrations

Knowing the integrated me and articulating God’s will (calling) for me in a missional focused LAMP

The final module, Celebrations, is the capstone of the LF process. All developmental objectives completed thus far are now funneled into an integrated Life and Ministry Plan (LAMP). Each candidate will articulate living out their missional role for the next 1 to 3 years in their LAMP.