Church
Leadership
Center
Walking with the Church Through Time
In this learning series, we walk with the Church through its long and complex story—listening carefully to how ordinary Christians have lived faithfully across centuries marked by uncertainty, disagreement, courage, and failure.
As we move through seasons of persecution and influence, division and reform, loss and renewal, we begin to recognize patterns that shape the Church’s life. These stories help us see more clearly how God has remained at work—and how our own moment fits within that larger journey.
A Shared Foundation
This work doesn’t begin from scratch.
Church History builds on the practices formed in Reading the Bible Again for the First Time—slow engagement, attention to context, and trust that God is at work across time.
Rather than offering a simplified story, this series stays with the Church as it has actually lived—marked by faithfulness and failure, courage and compromise—reminding us that God’s faithfulness has never depended on the Church getting everything right.
Faith Under Pressure
How early Christians lived faithfully when following Jesus carried real risk.Power and Its Consequences
What changed when Christianity gained influence, and how that shaped the Church.Division, Reform, and Renewal
How the Church fractured, reformed, and sought faithfulness across centuries.Faith in a Changing World
How believers responded to cultural, scientific, and social shifts.A Global and Living Church
How Christianity has been lived across cultures and contexts, and continues today.The Christian Leadership Center is a community of lifelong learners who are growing in their abilities to demonstrate integrity of character, biblical knowledge, theological competencies, and quality pastoral and leadership skills for effective ministry.
Participants are involved in ministerial vocations, volunteering, lifelong learning, and ministerial experiences that contribute to the preparation of pastoral and lay leaders for certification.
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You’re Invited to Continue
The Church’s story stretches far beyond any single moment—and you’re already part of it.
If you’ve walked the first leg of this journey with CLC, this learning series invites you to continue: to attend carefully to the Church’s past, to reflect alongside others, and to discern what faithfulness might look like for us now.
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This learning series is a next step and is designed for those who have already completed Reading the Bible Again for the First Time. If you haven’t done that series yet, start there first—then come back for Church History.
