Flourish Cohorts exist to help leaders flourish by supporting their:

• Professional growth.
• Personal wellbeing and resilience.
• Shared influence as the church in our city.

** You can also read about how we are trying to resource pastors, church planters, and other congregational leaders. Our model of ministerial resilience prescribes supporting ministers in both personal and professional competencies.

Cohorts are committed to (holistic formation):

• Theology – Learning from books, resources and one another through just-in-time peer-coaching. 
• Psychology – Cultivating a safe space in which people can share more of their stories than they normally would (“going below the water-line”).
• Missiology – Discerning together fresh competencies and practices in how to lead redemptively in this adaptive moment. 

Cohorts aspire to be characterized by:

• A deep sense of care and belonging… offered imperfectly but resulting in healthy attachments.
• Honest questions and non-judgmental responses… more often than not.
• Good theology and intellectual rigor… thanks to good resources.
• As much transparency and vulnerability, one is willing to muster… where both too much and not enough of it is treated with grace and patience.
• Exploration and curiosity more than declaration and prescription… unless it comes from the Lord.
• Honoring each person’s story/journey with confidentiality… no exceptions.
• Not conquering or consuming content, but letting the gospel conquer us.