THE PROBLEM
You are still in ministry. You just can’t find yourself in it.
It is not weakness, and you are not the only one.
41%
of Adventist pastors report physical or emotional exhaustion.
Global Adventist Pastors’ Survey 2022–2023 — GC Office of Archives, Statistics and Research with the Institute of Church Ministry, Avondale University, Newbold College and the Australian Union Conference. Figure as published by ASTR; the 2024 report states the same item as 15% strongly agree plus a further 29%.
WHAT WE ARE BUILDING
Three words for one working life.
Hard, healthy and happy are not three programmes. They are three tests applied to the same week of ministry — and a week that fails any one of them will not last.
WHAT YOU GAIN
Eight weeks, four gains
This is not about accumulating information. It is about finding again the meaning of leading inside the church — with significance.
GAIN 01
A conscious calling
The founding team of leaders.
GAIN 02
A healthy ministry
Forming the DNA before the launch.
GAIN 03
The foundations of the church
Incarnation before invitation.
GAIN 04
Re-enchantment
The assembly as a centre of influence.
WHAT YOU GAIN
Church Government System Cohort
The Cohort is a closed group of leaders who study how the church organizes itself, apply it in their own context and walk together. Eight weeks, online and live, with no more than 20 participants — so the mentoring stays close and the conversation stays candid. It is for every leader who wants to serve the church with more awareness: pastors, elders, administrators and educators.
WHAT YOU GAIN
Built to fit the life of someone who leads
This is not about accumulating information. It is about finding again the meaning of leading inside the church — with significance.
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08
2h30
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Online, live
One session a week, by video call. Real presence, no travel.
Eight weeks
The essential intensive — from foundations to sending, at the pace of someone who leads.
Concentrated sessions
Deep meetings: real time to study, discuss and apply.
Closed group
Twenty leaders at most. Community and mentoring, not an audience.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
Everything the immersion includes
Eight live sessions (2h30) — led by questions, with close mentoring.
A project for your own context — you apply it to your reality, not just learn it.
A guided curriculum — each week's material, ready to use.
A community of leaders — the network that walks with you.
Access to the series map — the playlists across the four axes.
Guests by field — history, governance and mission.
Participant workbook — discussion questions and a record of your project.
Certificate of completion — issued on finishing the program.
THE PROGRAM
Eight weeks, one crossing
Sessions on Mondays at 7:00 PM, from January to February 2027. One step each week; by the end, a leader who understands — and loves — the church.
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Week 1 · Monday, 7:00 PM
Foundations: order as vocation
Why the way the church is organized matters to your leadership.
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Week 2 · Monday, 7:00 PM
Order and representation
The heart of the church’s system of government.
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Week 3 · Monday, 7:00 PM
The classical roots
The Greek polis and Rome: the foundations of thinking about power.
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Week 4 · Monday, 7:00 PM
The social contract thinkers
Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau: the modern architecture of authority.
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Week 5 · Monday, 7:00 PM
The contemporaries and the critique
The political climate that clouds perception — and how to answer it.
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Week 6 · Monday, 7:00 PM
Adventist organizational history
The pioneers’ struggle for the structure that sustains the mission.
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Week 7 · Monday, 7:00 PM
The anatomy of Adventist structure
Offices, levels and the representative logic — in practice.
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Week 8 · Monday, 7:00 PM
Synthesis and final project
Re-enchantment: consolidating what you learned and applying it to your context.
Only 20 leaders in the Pioneer Cohort
Real formation is relational. To guarantee close mentoring and candid discussion, the first cohort takes no more than 20 leaders — and whoever enters it enters as a pioneer, helping shape the Cohort for the generations that follow.
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SEATS IN THE PIONEER COHORT
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Online and live
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Mondays, 7:00 PM · 8 weeks
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Sessions of 2h30
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Priority by order of registration
THE INVESTMENT
The Pioneer Cohort is free
This first cohort costs nothing — it is an investment in the pioneers. What is asked is not money: it is commitment. On entering, you make a simple and serious pact — presence, practice and completion. That commitment is what separates someone who enrolled from someone who was formed.
Free
Pioneer Cohort · no tuition · no material fee.
What is asked is commitment
Presence, practice and completion.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What leaders usually ask
REGISTRATION
Claim your seat in the Pioneer Cohort
Seats are limited to 20 leaders. Fill in the form below and you will receive confirmation and next steps by e-mail.
Free · limited to 20 leaders · confirmation by e-mail.