The L3 Leadership Incubator creates an environment in which spiritual leaders and ideas are born, nurtured, and developed. Meeting over the course of eighteen months, six to twelve leaders will focus on their spiritual growth, leadership skills, and the development of an Incubator Ministry Action Plan (I-MAP) for their ministry.
What do leaders agree to do? 1. They commit to learning together over the course of 18 months. 2. In loving support, they hold each other accountable for spiritual growth, personal piety, and leadership development. 3. They give themselves to God in worship, prayer, and Christian conversation. 4. They learn a process that will teach them how to create a strategic plan for their ministry. What is the goal of the L3 Leadership Incubator? The goal is to develop leaders who can create disciple-making faith communities. As it says in Matthew 28:19-20, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” This is true whether you are the pastor of a congregation, a lay person in ministry at a church, or in the leadership of a judicatory. One of the underlying premises is that every person has a capacity to be a leader, whether it is in the church, work, community, or at home. Who participates in L3 Leadership Incubators? The material in the L3 Leadership Incubator is designed so it can be used by a wide variety of groups. It can be used on a judicatory level, a regional level, in local congregation, and for specific ministry areas in a local church. Incubators have been started with the following: - A group of pastors in a city. - A leadership team in a congregation. - A group of youth workers from various churches who live in the same region. - A group of African-American pastors - A national incubator made up of leaders of large churches - A United Methodist Bishop and the District Superintendents in the Conference - A national incubator made up congregational development denominational staff. - A group of Hispanic pastors. - A group of Sunday School teachers in a local congregation. - An ecumenical group of pastors and laity in a city. - A group of new church pastors. - A group of turn-around pastors. What resources do I need to start an Incubator? You will need to purchase the L3 Leadership Incubator Kit which includes the following: 1. Six L3 Leadership Incubator Guidebooks. If you have more participants in your Incubator you will need to buy additional copies. 2. L3 Leadership Incubator DVD: The DVD has all you need to lead and facilitate an Incubator. The DVD has slides, songs, and videos which you use to led each of the 30 sessions. 3. L3incubator.com: The L3 Kit includes the passcode that gets you on the L3incubator.com website where you will find facilitator notes for each sessions, suggestions for articles and ideas, and a growing site that will support you in your leadership and spiritual development. The Cost of the Kit is $250.00. Purchase L3 Incubator Kit. How do I start an Incubator? 1. Identify the type of L3 Incubator to use in your ministry. The L3 Leadership Incubator works great for: - A denominational group of pastors in an area 3. Pray for discernment to identify leaders who will go beyond the status quo, who have a desire to minister and live to one’s fullest potential, and a willingness to grow and transform the ministry. 4. Recruit a group of six to twelve leaders will meet for 30 sessions focusing on spiritual growth, cultivating leadership skills, and developing an Incubator Ministry Action Plan (I-MAP) for their area of ministry. |