Online Course – Duke University Certified Professional Internship in Human Resources

Become a strategic church leader. Prepare yourself to apply management and business skills in an ecclesiastical context with a strong theological foundation.

Suggested by: Coursera (What is Coursera?)

Start your Coursera.com free trial today
קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת במשאבי אנוש של Duke University

Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Managing churches with loyalty and professionalism
  • Approaching Church Management from a Theological Perspective
  • Streamlining time management
  • Discernment and determination of a church vision
  • Determining core values, goals and objectives
  • Human Resource Management from a Theological Perspective
  • Developing management skills from a theological perspective
  • Case study analysis in the field of human resource management

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Shepherds in the church
  • Church Service Managers
  • Church service teams
  • Church Human Resources Managers
  • Leadership in the Church
  • Volunteers at the church
  • Project managers in the church
  • Church counselors
  • Church Strategy Managers

Internship – Series of 3 courses

Faithful discipline requires more than just good Sunday service. In this course series, designed for pastors, ministry teams, and church volunteers, you will learn how to faithfully and professionally lead your church with the Church Administration specialization offered by Duke Divinity+.

Course structure

  • Course 1: Theology of Church Management and Time Management – An approach to church management from a theological perspective and optimizing time management.
  • Course 2: Strategic Management for Churches – Discerning and Determining Church Vision, Core Values, Goals and Objectives.
  • Course 3: Human Resource Management in Churches – An approach to human resource management from a theological perspective.

Hands-on Learning Project

In both core courses, you can download a workbook that allows you to reflect on and develop your leadership skills from a theological perspective. This workbook can be used to guide a group discussion among your leadership or as a personal guide to enrich the course.

In the elective course Human Resource Management in Churches, you will analyze and respond to case studies to develop human resource management skills.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Church Management Theology and Time Management

Course 1

Duration: 17 hours
Rating: 4.9 (21 ratings)

Course Details

What you will learn:

  • Explain why church governance must be viewed from a theological perspective.
  • To present how Christian ethics and pastoral leadership influence theology and practice of church governance.
  • Develop a time management plan.

The skills you will acquire:

  • Meeting management
  • leadership
  • Time management
  • Church management
  • theology

Course 2: Strategic Management for Churches

Duration: 15 hours

Course Details

What you will learn:

  • Explain why strategic management is important to organizations.
  • Explain why and how to approach strategic management for churches theologically as a strategic responsibility.
  • Assess your strategic responsibility in relation to the church’s vision, core values, culture, goals, objectives, and metrics.
  • Develop plans for establishing or changing strategic responsibilities for your church.

The skills you will acquire:

  • responsibility
  • Strategic leadership
  • Strategic planning
  • theology

Course 3: Human Resources Responsibilities for Churches

Duration: 6 hours

Course Details

What you will learn:

  • To portray human resource management from a theological perspective.
  • Write job descriptions, develop goals and objectives, and address poor performance.

The skills you will acquire:

  • Salary and benefits coordination
  • theology
  • Recruitment
  • Human Resources Management

Related products