Women’s Leadership Development (Distance Learning Program)

Women’s Leadership Development (Distance Learning Program)

Certification program.

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Program Goals

This program is intended to support the development of leadership skills in women who are actively serving in the church and society. The program aims to empower participants to carry out their responsibilities with greater confidence, effectiveness, and impact, while fostering personal growth, strategic thinking, and practical leadership abilities.

Target Audience

  • This program is designed for women who hold leadership responsibilities in church ministries, occupy managerial roles in community or social initiatives, manage projects in social entrepreneurship, or are preparing for leadership positions in society. It is ideal for those seeking to strengthen their leadership capacity and make a meaningful contribution to their communities.

Program Details

  • The program is offered in a blended part-time format over one year and leads to a certificate upon completion. It includes four in-person sessions, each lasting one week, complemented by an online practicum that reinforces practical leadership skills. This structure allows participants to balance their ongoing ministry or work while developing their leadership potential.

Curriculum Intro

  • Hermeneutics. Bible Study Methods

    The course is designed to provide basic principles of biblical text interpretation, to form a balanced approach to the interpretation of Scripture, and to encourage students to study the Bible individually. The course is focused on the study of biblical texts related to women and their roles in the family, church, and community.

  • Organizational Leadership

    The course is designed to help students to deal with organizational aspects in church ministry from a management perspective. The course covers the following topics: researching the needs in the community context; forming a vision, mission and values in the ministry; strategic planning and team development.

  • Developing Emotional Intelligence of a Leader

    The course helps students understand the components of emotional intelligence and to develop skills in self-awareness, self-control, self-motivation, empathy, and interaction with other people; opens up the topic of emotional intelligence within leadership context.

  • Holistic Mission

    The course equips students with the knowledge and skills to contribute to God’s mission in the world. The course covers the following topics: the biblical doctrine of God’s mission; history of the church’s mission; intercultural ministry; missionary project organizations. The course will help students understand the missionary component of the work they do, the missionary nature of a church ministry, any profession, and community involvement.

  • Spiritual Formation

    The course is focused on the spiritual formation of a person in the Gospel traditions context. The course harmoniously combines Theology and Christian spiritual practices study. Special attention is focused on the importance of spiritual formation and stages of spiritual development in a leader’s life.

  • Communication and Rhetoric

    The purpose of the course is to develop effective communication skills for facilitating teamwork, cooperation with partners, volunteers and reaching the target audience of the ministry. During this course, students will work on a communication strategy for their ministry and improve their public speaking, presentation and media communication skills.

  • Mentoring, Coaching and Facilitation

    The purpose of the course is to help students develop a mentoring culture in their team; understand how to seek mentorship for your own growth and how to be a mentor to help the development of others; understand mentoring types, mentoring goals, and the specifics of mentoring relationships. The course will also introduce some coaching and team facilitation techniques to make mentoring meetings more effective.

  • Project Management

    The course is focused on project management and helps students to acquire necessary knowledge and skills, to achieve the goals and results set for the specific ministry. The course covers the following topics: team management, volunteer management, project budgeting, project organization, and evaluation.

  • Women Leadership in the Bible

    The course focuses on the study of biblical texts about the role of women who played a significant role in the history of God’s people, and the spread of the gospel in the Early Church. Students will write an essay or create a text for a podcast about the character they have found most inspiring.

Contacts

Program Director

Olena Lagovska

helen.lagovsky@uets.edu.ua
+380 97 055 2617

Admissions

info@uets.edu.ua
Kyiv, Pushcha-Vodytsia, 57 Kvitky Tsysyk St., UETS Academic Building, Floor 1.

Information

+380 95 315 84 42
0800331252

Відгуки наших студентів, викладачів

The meaning of education is not only the acquisition of knowledge, but also spiritual and personal development, the acquisition of social capital and the search for opportunities; in-depth study of the Bible and its application in everyday life. 

Marina

Student of Women’s Leadership Development Program

Training gives me the tools for quality, fruitful ministry.

Nadia

Student of Women’s Leadership Development Program

The training gave me, first of all, new acquaintances; the testimonies and experiences of these people inspired me to develop and take new steps in my ministry. They enriched my knowledge and led me to further study of the Bible. 

Natalia

Student of Women’s Leadership Development Program

This training was a timely blessing, which allowed me to better understand who a leader is and gave me many effective tools for ministry. 

Nelia

Student of Women’s Leadership Development Program

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