Duke University
​​Church Administration: Human Resources Specialization
Duke University

​​Church Administration: Human Resources Specialization

Become a strategic church leader.. Apply managerial and business skills in a church context with a strong theological foundation.

Rae Cho
Russell Elmayan

Instructors: Rae Cho

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
5.0

(6 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

3 months
at 3 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • To foster church team-building and conviction on theology and practice

  • To address major practices of church admin theologically and managerially 

  • To offer a theological approach to church admin by pursuing theological goals through management tools 

  • To apply business best practices about time management, strategy and human resources to your church operations

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August 2024

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Specialization - 3 course series

Church Administration Theology and Time Management

Course 117 hours4.9 (21 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Explain why church administration must be approached from a theological perspective.

  • Elucidate how Christian ethics and pastoral leadership inform a theology and practice of church admin.

  • Develop a time stewardship plan.

Skills you'll gain

Category: meeting management
Category: Leadership
Category: Time management
Category: church administration
Category: theology

What you'll learn

  • Articulate why strategic management is important for organizations.

  • Explain why and how to approach strategic management for churches theologically as strategic stewardship. 

  • Assess your strategic stewardship of church vision, core values, culture, goals, objectives, and metrics.

  • Develop plans for establishing or modifying strategic stewardship for your church.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Stewardship
Category: Strategic Leadership
Category: Strategic Planning
Category: theology

What you'll learn

  • Framing HR management in a theological perspective

    Writing job descriptions, developing goals and objectives, and addressing poor performance

Skills you'll gain

Category: Salary and Benefits Coordination
Category: Theology
Category: Hiring
Category: Human Resource Management

Instructors

Rae Cho
Duke University
2 Courses2,978 learners

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