Innovation HUB The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc. (SDPC) has established the SDPC Innovation HUB to help congregations and communities effectively address economic, educational, political and social challenges, as well as individual and communal histories. These challenges can be variously related to justice and injustice, our individual and communal woundedness, generational concerns, sexual identity and spiritual alienation. To this end, the SDPC Innovation Hub (The HUB) guides congregations in the design, development and implementation of needed programs and initiatives to address current and emerging issues.
Grant Making To Inspire Innovation
for The Church
The Hub offers a series on grant making
and how to design effective proposals to
solicit investment and external support
for the work of ministry. The Hub also
offers a limited number of small grants for
congregational leadership teams to refine
a project concept, enhance project design,
oversee its launch and evaluate its impact.
Networking & Netweaving for
Innovation and Success
The Hub convenes living expos to share
innovative models of ministry that
demonstrate what can be achieved to
address specific and pressing realities
facing churches in general and the Black
church in particular.
Congregation & Clergy Peer Support
“Soul Circles”
The Hub is a living resource sponsoring
face-to-face forums, conversations and
gatherings that can be accessed online.
The Peer Learning Soul Circles & Table
Talks are offered as Sacred and Holy
Conversations where old ministries are
expanded and deepened, while new
ministries are envisioned and born.
College & Seminary Partnerships for
Christian Vocational Clarity
The Hub hosts, produces and archives
digital and written exchanges (papers,
presentations, video conferencing, etc.)
about factors which often affect the
sustainability of churches and the diverse
communities they serve.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
For Certification in Congregational
Learning
Through our partnerships with
seminaries and associations, The Hub
offers continuing education units and
certifications in areas of theology, pastoral
ministry and congregational learning.
Educational programming includes
ministry formation classes and advanced
study as intensive courses. This continuing
education program of The Hub is intended
to help individuals and congregations
acquire essential capacity-building
knowledge and skills, which their churches
and communities need for short-term and
long-range sustainability.
Congregational Shadowing:
Observation to Implementation
The Hub offers congregations that want
to grow and change, the opportunity
to shadow, observe and participate in
different or new congregational models
and new methods of ministry.
Through a church mentorship model,
participants explore the possibility
of learning new ways for spiritual
engagement and enlightenment, which
may transform individuals, congregations
and entire communities.
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