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MPA Faith-Based Leadership Course, University of Birmingham
Start date : April 2020
Duration : MPA: 2 years part-time
Course Type : Postgraduate, Taught
Fees : UK/EU/International: £9,000 each year, part-time for two years
Leading a faith community today is an increasingly complex and challenging task. Our MPA helps develop effective, equipped and well-informed leaders who can help their organisations maximise their impact for the good of society.
Today’s faith communities are often sizeable organisations with sophisticated educational, healthcare or social engagement projects and significant financial turnover. However, the initial training of faith leaders understandably focusses on their theological and pastoral skills, leaving many leaders with significant professional responsibilities and management challenges that they sometimes feel ill-equipped to confront.
The Birmingham Master of Public Administration in Faith-Based Leadership offers a globally-unique approach to faith leadership development, combining insight into organisational, administrative, managerial and leadership skills from negotiation to social entrepreneurship, from decision science to ethical purchasing, and from leading volunteers to intercultural engagement with a commitment to faith-sensitive application of these core principles on the ground in faith communities across the world.
The MPA is a two-year, part-time programme designed for senior and emerging senior leaders from across a variety of faiths, from faith-based organisations and from governmental and non-governmental organisations that deal with faith-based issues as part of their everyday life. Our programme is ideal for, for example, chairs of trusts, mosques, temples and gurdwaras, directors of companies and CIOs, bishops, area deans or equivalent, CEOs or COOs from faith-based organisations.
Applicants will ordinarily require a 2:1 or above at undergraduate level (or equivalent), three years’ experience in a leadership role at some level (not necessarily a senior yet), and will need to be employed or presently volunteering extensively in a leadership capacity, with the capacity to dedicate approximately 8 hours a week on average to their studies throughout the two years.
Apply via the Degree Apprenticeship Levy
If your organisation is based in the UK and pays the degree apprenticeship levy, or is prepared to apply for UK government support, it may be possible for 2021 admission only for funding which will cover most of the programme fees. Please contact us for more information on this.
Please visit HERE for more details.
"Dying Matters Week" 10th to 16th May 2021
Dying Matters is led by Hospice UK and aims to raise awareness of dying, death and bereavement.
Save the Date!
It's time to get the diaries out and save the date for Dying Matters Awareness Week 2021.
Running from 10 - 16 May, take part and join in the conversation about death, dying and bereavement.
More details about the theme for this year and how to get involved will be published soon.
Revd Meg Burton, the Secretary for Healthcare Chaplaincy for Free Churches, plays an active role in this planning for and sharing issues for this awareness raising week.
“Our mission is to create an open culture that talks about death and where people feel able to listen and support those who are plannning for end of life, who are dying and who have been bereaved.”
(cover photo courtesy of Aaron Burden at Unsplash)
2021 National Conference for School and College Chaplains - online on 9 June
Over recent years, here at FCG we have been an active partner in the work and mission of the Centre for Chaplaincy in Education. We are delighted to announce that further information and how to reserve your place on their forthcoming conference are now available.
The conference is aimed at School and College Chaplains and will be held online on 9th June and on the following day there will be a retreat-style gathering.
The conference is entitled People of Hope in times of change. For further details and how to reserve your place:
The conference will provide a time and space for reflection and growth as we continue to connect with others.
“We are excited to offer an ‘unprecedented’ full day and evening of keynotes, workshops and evening celebration with spaces for reflection and worship and opportunities for networking”
Festive news!
Festive is the FURTHER EDUCATION & SIXTH FORM INITIATIVE! Over the last few years, FCG have worked collaboratively with Festive and so we are delighted to share the good news and their latest annual review with you.
They are a UK based Christian charity who seek to:
Inspire Students
Equip Mission
Love Further Education & Sixth Forms
Their Annual Review of 2020 is out now for you to read and share.
Please join me as we continue to pray for the work and mission of Festive.
In 2020 Festive have collaborated with some fantastic organisations and projects including…
Will you join us to pray alongside Prison Fellowship this Sunday
Will you join us to pray alongside Prison Fellowship this Sunday and in the days ahead?
For over 40 years, they have been working with, supporting and praying with and for prisoners across England and Wales.
The Free Churches Group and our work in prison chaplaincy have worked with The Prison Fellowship (PF) for many years.
On 24th January- for this Sunday
“Let us pray…
Pray for Chaplaincy departments that are recruiting new Chaplains this month.
Ask God that He would bring the right people to the roles.
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer
Amen ”
(photo courtesy of Diana Simumpande at Unsplash
