Leadership Institute

Course calendar

Recognizing and Restoring Church Culture — four weeks of live teaching with weekly homework and a Ministry Lab action. Everything you need to stay on track is below.

Mondays · 7:30 PM ET August 17 – September 7
Where you are now
Week 3 · The Restoration Process

Class Monday, August 31 · homework due Sunday, September 6 (before Week 4)

Week 1Class · Monday, August 17Due · Sunday, August 23 (before Week 2)

What Culture Actually Is

Why culture eats strategy for breakfast — and how to diagnose the real culture beneath the announcements.

Covered this week

  • Stated culture vs. lived culture
  • The cost of unspoken rules

Homework

Write a one-page honest description of the culture you are currently serving in — what it says it is, and what it actually is.

Ministry Lab

Ask two members to describe the culture in their own words. Listen without correcting.

Week 2Class · Monday, August 24Due · Sunday, August 30 (before Week 3)

Recognizing the Fractures

Identifying pride, performance, control, and silence before they become structural damage.

Covered this week

  • The pride-driven church
  • The unyielding church
  • The exclusive church

Homework

The Leadership Mirror — choose the Week 2 culture that challenged you most, examine yourself, and answer what the behavior is protecting in you and what humility would require of you this week.

Ministry Lab

Identify three people who attend but are not connected. Invite them into relationship, service, or discipleship.

Week 3Class · Monday, August 31Due · Sunday, September 6 (before Week 4)

The Restoration Process

How to realign a room without destroying it — honor, order, and honest conversation.

Covered this week

  • Restoring order without shame
  • Honest conversation as a discipline

Homework

Name one area in your ministry that needs realignment and write the first honest conversation you must have — who, when, and how you will open it.

Ministry Lab

Have one of those conversations before the next class. Record what happened.

Week 4Class · Monday, September 7Due · Sunday, September 13 (final submission)

Building a Culture That Lasts

Systems, language, and habits that keep the culture healthy long after the course ends.

Covered this week

  • Language that reinforces health
  • Systems of accountability

Homework

Draft your 90-day culture plan: three habits, three phrases, and one accountability structure you will install.

Ministry Lab

Present your plan to one leader on your team and ask them to hold you to it.

Stay on track

Submit each week's homework before the next class — upload a file, a photo, or record a voice note.