Mission

The mission of the Summit Christian Leadership Center, as an adjunct to Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, is to build upon the theological education and ministry training of our seminary students and graduates. We do this by providing specialized, practical, experiential training in the areas of team leadership skills, team development skills, strategic management practices, and Biblical counseling.

Purpose

Contemporary pastoral training focuses on exegesis and theology, while offering little in the field of organizational leadership. Meanwhile, modern ministry has become administratively complex. Complicated financial systems, with increased regulatory scrutiny, have created an intimidating contemporary environment for congregational leaders.

Additionally, vocational ministers struggle to appreciate the perspective which lay leaders, active in the corporate world, bring to the “business” of church; while at the same time those lay leaders may see the perspective of vocational ministers as too subjective and “faith-based”.

In response to these concerns, the Summit Christian Leadership Center was established in August, 2006, to provide organizational leadership training and resources for theological students, pastors, lay church and business leaders, and local congregations.

Vision

The vision of the Summit Center employs a four-pronged approach:

1. To provide enhanced strategic leadership training for ministry students through the use of experiential learning methodologies.
2. To provide support ministry and educational resources to alumni and pastors of Bible-believing churches in the areas of team leadership and strategic management.
3. To provide lay church and business leadersopportunities for leadership training from a biblical and theological perspective.
4. To provide vocational ministry students and lay students the opportunity for “live” observation and evaluated participation in biblical counseling ministry.