The training and leadership tracks at Faith Family School of Leadership give students practical, relevant hands-on experience that prepares them for a successful launch and future within ministry and leadership. Students are trained and equipped in and through specific areas of interest by direct guidance from leaders and pastors enabling them to develop into world-class leaders.
Credit Hours
12 Academic Credit Hours +3 Practicum Credit Hours
Campus
Freedom Campus / Campus Development / Online Campus
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Freedom Campus
Students who pursue the Freedom Campus as their ministry track will have the opportunity to learn and serve alongside staff and volunteers to assist in creating environments and setting a culture where people can experience God’s presence. Students will also assist in executing weekend worship experiences at the Freedom campus. This ministry track provides a very diversified hands-on ministry experience in areas including Guest Services, Assimilations, Family Care, and Connect Groups. Within all four areas, students will gain experience during the week in:
Serving with volunteers
Leadership development
Planning and executing church events
Administrative tasks
Pastoral care
Campus Development
Students who pursue Campus Development as their ministry track will have the opportunity to learn and serve alongside staff and volunteers to assist in creating environments and setting a culture where people can experience God’s presence. Students will also assist in executing weekend worship experiences at our campuses. This ministry track provides a very diversified hands-on ministry experience. It also provides in-depth leadership training. Students will gain experience during the week in:
Serving with volunteers
Organizing connect groups
Planning and executing church events
Administrative tasks
Online Campus
Students who pursue the Online Campus as their ministry track will have the opportunity to learn and serve alongside staff and volunteers to assist in creating engaging online experiences where people can experience God’s presence and grow in their discipleship journey. Students will gain experience in:
Livestream/digital broadcasting
Planning for and preparing digital content
Serving with volunteers
Administrative tasks
Creative Arts
Worship / Social Media / Video / Tech
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Worship
Students who pursue the worship track as their ministry track will gain hands-on experience in serving together with others to create worship experience environments where people (kids through adults) can encounter God’s presence. This includes:
Creating song sets
Preparing for rehearsals
Serving with volunteers
Seeing how a worship team operates
Planning for special events such as Easter, Christmas, and conferences
Social Media
Students that join the Social Media team as their ministry track will help create content that moves people to action through social media, written content, and other creative campaigns. Students can expect to have an opportunity to add value on social media accounts and focus heavily on look, feel, and sound. The team adds elements that provide visual communication for all worship experiences as well as other environments throughout our campuses and ministries. They also resource all departments with digital and print design needs. Students who select the social media track can expect to gain hands-on experience in:
Graphic design
Account management
Scheduling
Photography
Event planning
Video
Students who pursue Video as their ministry track will gain hands-on experience in two distinct areas: postproduction and live production. Postproduction creates all media for the ministry, including worship experiences, generational areas, TV commercials, the TV program, social media, etc. Live production is responsible for all live events, including worship experiences, generational events, conferences, etc.
Tech
Students who pursue Tech as their ministry track can expect to gain hands-on experience in audio, video, and lighting. This includes:
Installing, operating, and repairing technical equipment around the church
Serving alongside other ministry areas to create and enhance environments so people are put in the best position possible to receive from God
Generational
Student Ministries / Faith Family Kids
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Student Ministries
Students who pursue Student Ministries as their ministry track track will gain hands-on experience in planning, organizing, executing, and preparing environments for all events, connect groups, worship experiences, and on-campus events connected to student ministries. Each student will participate in this ministry track according to their gifts by selecting an area of focus (worship experience/special events, on-campus/team leader care, connect groups, social media/creative). Students may gain experience in:
Leading a connect group
On-campus student ministry
Social media
Leading teams
Coaching sessions
Administrative tasks
Event planning
Video/graphic design
Faith Family Kids
Students who pursue Faith Family Kids as their ministry track track will learn and serve alongside staff to help kids come to know the foundation of what it truly looks like to have a relationship with God. Our goal is to help children come to know the authority they have in Christ and how to exercise it in their day-to-day life. Students in this track will help prepare and play a part in the weekly worship experiences (online or on-site) that allow children to encounter God. Students will gain experience during the week in:
Social media
Planning for kids events
Serving with volunteers
Creating games and activities for kids
Administrative tasks
Outreach
Outreach
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Outreach
Students who pursue Outreach as their ministry track track will have the opportunity to learn healthy outreach strategies as they learn and serve alongside staff and volunteer leaders. Hands-on experience will include:
Preparing materials and resources for our prison campuses
Facilitating worship experiences and small group environments at correctional and addiction recovery facilities
Preparing correspondence to inmates
Coordinating local outreach events including Serve Day, Saturday Serve, and other serve opportunities