Rediscover the church you were called to serve
A two-weekend immersion, online and live, for Adventist leaders who want to truly understand how the church works — and to live the call again with awareness, a healthy ministry and a renewed love for the church they serve.
Online, live
No travel
Two weekends
March and April 2027
2h30 sessions
Sat 8 PM · Sun 9 AM
Free
Pioneer Cohort
20 seats
Priority by order of registration
YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THIS
The missing piece in your formation as a leader
You were prepared to preach, to teach and to care for people. But almost no one is taught to truly understand how the church organizes itself, and why it works the way it does.
You lead inside a system few people have ever explained to you in depth.
Your training prepared you for the pulpit — not for the structure.
The political climate of the wider culture clouds how church order is seen.
There is no map connecting the theology, the history and how the church actually works.
You sense the organization is wise, but you cannot explain it — or defend it.
You want to lead with more awareness and purpose, and you feel a piece is missing.
This is not a lack of calling or of faith. It is a piece of formation
almost no one receives — and one you can still gain. When it falls into place, you find again the meaning of serving the church.
ALEX PALMEIRA
WHAT YOU GAIN
Two weekends, 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
Living the call again, with awareness.
GAIN 02
A healthy ministry
A ministry that lasts, sustained by a healthy rhythm.
GAIN 03
The foundations of the church
Understanding how the church organizes itself — and why.
GAIN 04
Re-enchantment
A renewed love for the church you serve.
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. Two weekends, 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
Saturday evening and Sunday, by video call. Real presence, no travel.
Eight sessions
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 session'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
Two weekends, one crossing
Sessions over two weekends: March 27–28 and April 24–25, 2027 — Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday from 9:00 AM. One step at a time; by the end, a leader who understands — and loves — the church.
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Session 1 · Saturday, March 27 · 8:00 PM
Foundations: order as vocation
Why the way the church is organized matters to your leadership.
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Session 2 · Sunday, March 28 · 9:00 AM
Order and representation
The heart of the church’s system of government.
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Session 3 · Sunday, March 28
The classical roots
The Greek polis and Rome: the foundations of thinking about power.
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Session 4 · Sunday, March 28
The social contract thinkers
Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau: the modern architecture of authority.
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Session 5 · Saturday, April 24 · 8:00 PM
The contemporaries and the critique
The political climate that clouds perception — and how to answer it.
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Session 6 · Sunday, April 25 · 9:00 AM
Adventist organizational history
The pioneers’ struggle for the structure that sustains the mission.
07
Session 7 · Sunday, April 25
The anatomy of Adventist structure
Offices, levels and the representative logic — in practice.
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Session 8 · Sunday, April 25
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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March 27–28 and April 24–25, 2027
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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.
Pioneer Cohort · no tuition · no material fee.
Free
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.
SIX TRACKS
Church Gospel Centered
Apostolic Leadership Structure
Church Government System
Vocational Holiness
Church Revitalization
Church
Planting