God is calling men and women of The Austin Stone to lead. He's calling them to lead like Jesus—displaying His character to the world around them. He's calling them to lead with Jesus—joining in His work of bringing justice and mercy to the downtrodden and oppressed. And He's calling them to lead to Jesus—sharing the gospel with people in their neighborhoods, workplaces, and communities. We exist to equip these leaders for His glory.
All of our seminars, programs, and content are based on the Bible and focused on developing the whole person to lead in his or her full potential. To this aim, we seek to continually improve the content and quality of our trainings to be challenging but approachable for aspiring leaders. Through all that we do, our hope is for participants to experience internal growth that results in a desire to change the world around them for Christ.
Jesus is the perfect leader. Christian leaders follow His example to lead with intentionality, integrity, and godly character.
Jesus is moving in the world today. Christian leaders join with Him to bring light to darkness, order to chaos, justice to injustice, and peace to strife.
Jesus is Savior and King. Christian leaders seek to share the good news of His salvation and kingdom with all people near and far.
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Study the Bible with our REAP resources, connect with Jesus through our prayer and liturgy books, or grow in understanding through our workbooks.
Learn or refresh your understanding of a specific doctrine through these lecture videos which complement our Doctrines and Disciplines workbook.
Check out past seminar topics and speakers through these recordings.
The best leaders are constant learners. Through regular seminars, we bring teachers to you in order to unpack rich theology for the purpose of stirring our affections for Christ and our desire to join Him in His mission throughout the world. These seminars are short in length, affordable, and full of great teaching and application.
Some topics demand a little more time to thoroughly cover. Our intensives are three-to-five week classes that work to address several aspects of a single doctrine or philosophy, allowing students to develop a more robust understanding of the topic.
Dive into intentionally longer seasons of instruction designed to teach you doctrine and theology that will equip you to lead well. Each development program consists of learning through lectures, readings, and assessments and is tailored to help you grow in a specific leadership context.
Designed to give future leaders the opportunity to gain real-life ministry experience alongside staff of The Austin Stone, our available residencies vary year to year but normally include opportunities in Kids and Students Ministry, Creative Ministry, Women's Ministry, College Ministry, congregational leadership, and more. While the area of ministry may vary, every residency focuses on three things—theological training, community formation, and skill development.
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Classes and intensives are offered every fall and spring, and signups open early each semester. Our development program applications generally open mid- to late-spring, and the programs themselves begin in the fall.
Austin Stone Institute is committed to ensuring everyone is able to participate in our training regardless of ability to pay the application or registration fees. Scholarships are available on an as-needed basis. Find out more by emailing asi@austinstone.org.
The fees for seminars, classes, intensives, and programs go toward expenses including textbooks, facility costs, speaker honorariums, and more. All of the money that we receive is reinvested in current and future ministry through Austin Stone Institute.
If the cost is preventing you from participating in an opportunity, we want to provide a scholarship for you. Contact us at asi@austinstone.org for more information.
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