Trinity Leadership Fellowship
Join a diverse cohort of emerging leaders on a two-year journey of faith-inspired, values-driven, and community-oriented learning and mentorship.
The Trinity Leadership Fellows Program is for individuals seeking to deepen the faith-inspired and values-driven mindsets and skills needed to effectively lead organizations and serve communities in contemporary society, while also building lifelong supporting peer and mentoring relationships.
This non-residential, fully funded program will prepare professional and community leaders who are people of faith, as well as ordained leaders across faith traditions with the mindsets and practical skills they need to energize and empower their congregations and communities in ways that heal divides and disrupt injustice, as compelled by the Spirit and the Gospel. The experience will offer fellows an opportunity to learn from leading scholars from Harvard, experts in the field, and mentors interconnected through their faith and Trinity’s core values. Fellows will build life-changing relationships with like-minded peers who share the passion for faith-driven leadership that produces positive change in our world.
Minimum Requirements to Apply and Preferred Criteria for Successful Applicants
Thank you for your interest in the Trinity Leadership Fellows program. The selection process involves two phases. The first phase is the application on this page. Those chosen for the second phase will be asked to join a 30-minute video interview on the week of February 20-24, 2023. Selection will be based on demonstrated experience and success in leading/supporting groups to solve challenges, address issues, or expand on opportunities in ways that are/were grounded in faith and values. Please see the required and preferred criteria for applicants listed on this page.
Minimum requirements to apply:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Applicants must demonstrate the following characteristics with specific examples from their careers/ministries to be successful in the selection process:
- An active person of faith
Note: the curriculum and program are designed for a Christian audience, but this program is open to people of all faiths - Has achieved goals that are in service of their community and the common good. They must demonstrate a desire to pursue goals beyond their self-interest
- Has clear goals they hope to accomplish during the fellowship
- Naturally inclined to build relationships and engage with people
- Prior experience working with a group to inspire and guide them to achieve a common goal/s
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Entrepreneurial mindset, self-starters with demonstrated ability to creatively solve problem
- Able to simultaneously see and think long-term and short-term; able to see the big picture and detail, the “forest and the trees
- Willing to sacrifice and have a high tolerance for discomfort to achieve goal
- Able to balance personal ambition with the ability to listen and take criticist
- Ability and desire to work with others
Core Courses
- Faithful Leadership: Understanding Yourself as a Leader – A practical and deeply reflective class to maximize your potential as a leader and get the most out of this program.
- Adaptive Leadership and Systems Thinking –Learn the core theories of Adaptive Leadership contextualized for faith leaders in the modern world.
- Social Entrepreneurship – A course that examines the practice of identifying, starting, and growing mission-driven ventures that serve the common good and the flourishing of all people.
- Conflict Transformation – A course focused on leading through multi-party disputes and post-conflict reconciliation as faith leaders.
- Understanding your Community & Organizing for Mission – Learn the core principles and strategies for organizing from faith-inspired organizers who have brought about significant change in their communities.
- Change Management – Learn to faithfully lead through cultural, social, and institutional change.
Elective Courses
- Faith and Finance – A course focused on financial administration, budgeting, decision making, and the theology of economics
- Mission Real Estate Development – An introduction to building sustainable financial capacity for ministry through the creative development of mission-aligned, income-producing real estate projects that have a direct social impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
- DIFFERENCE – A course developed in partnership with the Archbishop of Canterbury to encourage faithfulness in a complex and divided world.
The program is fully funded by Trinity Church Wall Street. All travel, lodging, and educational materials are covered by the program. Assistance funds for family care are available
Eligibility
- What is the minimum educational requirement?
Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent. - this program welcomes leaders of all religious traditions. But please note that curriculum will be framed from the Christian perspective
Deadline
January 31, 2023 at 5:00pm/17:00 hrs Eastern Time.
How to Apply
