Church Administration Certification

In this course, you’ll learn how to engage the work of leading management theorists and business leaders on strategic management, finance, HR, and other foundational topics while—crucially—maintaining a theological focus that situates these practices within the church’s mission of discipleship, worship, and witness. 

You’ll also develop practical skills, including how to steward your time more effectively, cultivate a clear sense of vision and mission, conduct performance reviews, and implement sound finance practices. And if (as we strongly recommend) you complete this specialization together with other key leaders in your church, you’ll also build invaluable shared understandings and convictions about the management of your church that will set the table for effective collaboration for years to come. 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this certification, you will be able to:

• Foster church team-building and conviction on theology and practice of church administration;
• Address major practices (topics) of church administration theologically and managerially; 
• Offer a theological approach to church administration (drawing on Duke focus and strength in theology) by pursuing theological goals through management tools; 
• Draw on management excellence and know-how as resources to be theologically deployed for church administration;
• Offer principles and know-hows on key concrete practices of church administration.