Christian Leadership Training
We are proud to offer the NZQA-accredited micro-credential, Certificate in Christian Leadership.
This micro-credential course introduces you to the theology and practice of Christian leadership. It gives careful attention to biblical accounts, with a particular focus on human participation in God’s leadership. You will be exposed to a range of historical and contemporary models, engage with a range of practices critical to leadership in Aotearoa today and be equipped with foundational knowledge, practices and posture to lead fruitfully in your context.
Currently enrolled Carey students are not able to enrol in the 2025 offering of this micro-credential. It is a separate qualification and currently does not count towards Carey’s existing qualifications. We acknowledge this will be disappointing for some of you, but we are exploring options so current students can participate in the future.
Enrolling in the Certificate in Christian Leadership (Micro-credential)
Classes will be on Tuesday nights 7-9pm. There are limited spaces on this course and no late enrolments will be accepted.
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- introduction to the theology and practice of Christian leadership
- careful attention to biblical accounts of leadership, with a particular focus on human participation in God’s leadership
- exposure to a range of historical and contemporary models of leadership
- engagement with a range of practices critical to leadership in Aotearoa today
- practical solutions to the leadership challenges you are facing in your context
- equipping with the foundational knowledge, skills, practices and posture to lead faithfully and fruitfully in the context where you are called to serve
- spending two hours a week at the evening session and you can expect to commit up to a further seven hours a week to reading and preparing for lectures and assignments
- teaching by an ensemble cast of Carey’s world-class scholar-practitioners, each providing in-depth biblical and practical training from their own areas of expertise
Delivery includes weekly online lectures.
Topics covered will include:
- Definitions of leadership, power, and manaakitanga
- Biblical understandings of God as leader
- Our calling as participants in God’s leadership
- The impact of the fall and rebellion on leadership
- Looking to Jesus: the upside down kingdom and leadership
- The role of the Spirit: empowering and leading the family of God
- The character and integrity of the leader: understanding ourselves
- Leadership as caring for others: the power of flourishing
- Developing cultural intelligence: leading in the midst of difference
- Discerning strategy: how communities listen to the Spirit
- Building teams and collaboration
- Navigating through conflict
In order to gain admission, applicants must have achieved the following:
- National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA), with a minimum of 42 credits at Level 3 or higher on the National Qualifications Framework, and
- a minimum of 8 credits in English at Level 2 or higher, 4 credits of which must be in reading and 4 credits in writing
- a grade of C or higher in each of 3 subjects in New Zealand University Entrance, Business and Scholarships (NZUEBS) examinations
- NCEA equivalence which can include NZQA Level 4 certificates in a similar discipline, or other NZQA Level 5 certificates in a different discipline.
For special admission requirements (including English language) view the Academic Regulations and Calendar.
In your course you will be given three assessment tasks.
These may be a combination of online tasks, online forum participation, quizzes, creative assignments, and/or written tasks and essays.
These assessments are spread over the 17-week semester and are uploaded via our online learning portal—CareyOnline.
You will be given resources to use and can also access our library resources.
- Outline a foundational biblical and theological understanding of Christian leadership.
- Describe how a foundational understanding of Christian leadership might inform Christian leadership practices to discern direction and to lead and care for individuals and groups.
- Evaluate the implications of one’s working definition (and understanding) of Christian leadership on one’s own character, spirituality and leadership practices.
- Evaluate specific leadership approaches or ministry practices using insights from a biblical and theological understanding of Christian leadership.
Further Study
The successfully completed micro-credential may be suitable for credit transfer into further study. See our Certificate, Diploma, Degree or Graduate Diploma level qualifications.
How Do Qualifications Work?
When choosing to study with Carey, you may want to compare how our qualifications stack up against other options. Check out Te Kāwantanga o Aotearoa’s Key Info for Students that compares academic info across different institutions in NZ.
