Emerging Leaders Lab
Program Size
25 People
Cohort Size
5 People, +1 Mentor
Program Length
12 Months
Program Start
May 2025
The Emerging Leaders Lab is a 12 month pastoral formation community that is designed to help participants grow in 8 essential pastoral competencies.
Abiding in Christ: An invitation to participate in the inner life and love of the Trinity.
Calling: Understanding your divine invitation to the life of vocational ministry as expressed through your God-given wiring and gifting.
Community: Experiencing a willingness to cultivate deep, vulnerable friendships that fuel love and good deeds.
Character: Development of a strong moral fibre that embodies the character of Christ and refuses to capitulate to the prevailing culture.
Craft: Cultivating the willingness and resolve to strengthen ministry skills over time.
Contending: Learning to live with a sense of dependency on the Holy Spirit to bring renewal to a people and a place.
Context: Cultivating an understanding and love for your unique place and people
Catechesis: Developing a growing understanding of how to educate and form congregants to become disciples of Jesus.
Through in-person retreats, peer-to-peer collaboration, large group learning sessions, and 1:1 mentorship you’ll gain wisdom and insights for leading yourself and your community into the future with confidence.
Hear how The Pastorate shaped John from New Brunswick.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The Emerging Leaders Lab is for:
The person who desires to have a faithful and fruitful ministry, ending their time in ministry still in love with Jesus.
For the one who longs to be a faithful disciple of Jesus, a good friend, spouse, parent, leader, and colleague.
The person who may feel called to lead a church one day but doesn’t know how to prepare themselves.
The pastor who has found that ministry can be lonely and is finding it difficult to build friendships with other pastors.
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Participants in the Emerging Leaders Lab:
Have at least 5 years of church ministry experience (on staff).
Are typically between the ages of 25-35 years old.
Are actively serving in a Canadian church.
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Our intake for the 2025-2026 Emerging Leaders Lab close on March 1, 2025.
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Total Program Cost: $2,000
Semester #1: $1000
Launch Retreat (Vancouver)
Orientation Call
6 Online Cohort Sessions
5 Online Gatherings
Two 1:1 Mentorship Meetings
Semester #2: $1000
Wrap Up Retreat (Vancouver)
5 Cohorts Sessions
5 Online Gatherings
Two 1:1 Mentorship Meetings
Travel and accommodation costs for the retreats are not included in the program costs.
Payment can be made in one transaction or though quarterly instalments.
*Our program costs are subsidized thanks for to generosity of partners, donors, and churches who believe in pastors and support our work.
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Limited bursaries are available thanks to the generosity of partners, donors, and churches who believe in pastors and support our work. Email us at contact@ccln.ca to find out more about our bursary options.
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The below dates are based on our 2024-2025 program schedule and are provided for reference only. Exact dates will slightly change for our 2025-2026 intake.
Key dates to note include travel to Vancouver for a kick off and wrap up retreat in mid-May of 2025 and 2026.
Semester #1:
May 2 - Orientation Gathering (Online)
May 14-16 - Launch Retreat (Vancouver)
May 23 - Cohort Session (Online)
June 13 - Large Group Gathering (Online)
June 27 - Cohort Session (Online)
July 11 - Large Group Gathering (Online)
July 25 - Cohort Session
Break for August
September 12 - Large Group Gathering (Online)
September 26 - Cohort Session (Online)
October 10 - Large Group Gathering (Online)
October 24 - Cohort Session (Online)
November 7 - Large Group Gathering (Online)
November 21 - Cohort Session (Online)
Semester #2:
December 5 - Large Group Gathering (Online)
December 19 - Cohort Session (Online)
Christmas Break
January 9 - Large Group Gathering (Online)
January 23 - Cohort Session (Online)
February 6 - Large Group Gathering (Online)
February 20 - Cohort Session (Online)
March 6 - Large Group Gathering (Online)
March 20 - Cohort Session (Online)
April 10 - Final Large Group Gathering (Online)
April 24 - Final Cohort Session (Online)
May TBD - Wrap Up Retreat (Vancouver)
