Yes, this course is part of Track II of The Cities Institute, which replaces what we previously called “the leadership pipeline.” The structure and purpose of the pipeline is retained — to equip the members of our church to serve in leadership either at Cities Church or one of our plants — but the curriculum is new and open to anyone interested in growing in their theological knowledge.

Throughout the 12-week period, each participant is expected to complete around 300 pages of reading. Considering the average reading speed for American adults, this ends up being around 30–45 minutes of reading each week. You can do it!

In keeping with our Life Group structure, the cohorts will be gender-specific, with the men cohorts taught by men and the women cohorts taught by women.

Class sessions will include a short lecture and group discussion.

Saturday mornings are the best time for the largest amount of people. With the class times being the first half of Saturday, we still leave most of the day for family time and recreation.

We plan to have one men’s cohort, meeting 6:30–8:00am, and one women’s cohort, meeting 9:00–10:30am.

Yes, the men’s and women’s cohorts will meet at staggered times in an effort to make it possible that couples with children can take the course.

Yes, we are planning to offer this course again, along with two other courses within Track II of The Cities Institute, on a rotating basis.

Pastor Jonathan and others from the pastoral team will teach the men.

Andrea Hoglund, our Women’s Discipleship Coordinator, will teach the women.