Faith Leadership Seminar

This program is held online.

This monthly seminar for leaders in faith communities explores topics of theory, theology, and the practice of ministry while focusing on our own functioning within the faith community. Guest, faculty, and participant presentations and coaching are included.

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2024-2025 APPLICATION FORM

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Program Prequisites

Prerequisites include formal learning and experience with Bowen theory. Preference is given to those actively engaged in leading faith communities of any faith tradition, whether lay or ordained. Application and interview required.

Application Process

Applications for the 2024-2025 academic year are now open. Click the “2024-2025 Application Form” button at the top of this page to register online. The application process includes a completed online application form, a non-refundable application fee of $50, and an interview with the program head.

Purpose of the Program

This is a monthly online program for leaders in faith communities. It will involve presentations by Bowen Center faculty and guest presenters, case studies, and responses in large group sessions, small group consultations, and individual consultations with a faculty member. Theory, theology, and the practice of ministry will all be included while focusing on our own functioning in that complex system of systems: the community of faith

Dates for 2024 - 2025

Meetings are online Mondays from 10:00am - 2:30pm Eastern Time

Sessions Include

Large-group meetings with presentations and discussions

Small-group consultation sessions
Six individual consultation sessions throughout the year with a faculty member
Sessions may involve advance reading or other preparation

Presenters

Presenters include theologians, pastors, professors, and therapists, as well as Bowen Center faculty members, including the Faith Leadership Seminar program heads.

Program Fee

The fee for this program is $1,900 and is payable online. Pay in full on or before August 1, 2024.

CEUs

CE credit is not available for this program, but certificates of participation will be issued upon request.

History of the Program

The seminar is entering its sixth year and includes continuing and new participants.

Program Heads

The Rev. Ed Henley has been working with Bowen theory since the 1980’s. He joined the faculty in 2017. His experience includes both long-term ministry as well as interim ministry.

Barbara Laymon, PhD is a licensed therapist on the Bowen Center faculty. The author of All the Families of the Earth: Therapists in Bible Times (2023, Wipf and Stock, publishers), she is currently engaged in congregational research using a family systems framework.

Jennifer Long, MDiv currently works as a mainline Protestant minister in the southern tier of New York. She joined the Bowen Center as associate faculty member in 2021. In her twenty-five years of ministry, she has served in staff, solo, and interim roles as well as a consultant in church conflict. She participated in the Bowen Center’s Postgraduate Program from 2014-2019.

Questions

Please contact Edward Henley at ehenley@thebowencenter.org to discuss your interest and questions. For administrative questions, contact Rachel Burnham, Learning & Development Coordinator.