LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES
DISTRICT LAY SERVANT TRAINING
Lay Servant Training
The Harpeth River District is organizing in-person trainings, including the basic course. Please check back here for updates!
Red River District Training
May 18 & 25 at Pisgah UMC: The Red River District will offer the basic course and “Prayer in Practice.” Click here for more details and to register.
Red River District has added online courses in May, including the basic course, “Preaching,” and “Worship.” Click here for more information and to register.
Online Trainings
BeADisciple.com offers advanced, online Lay Servant courses to become or maintain your certification as a Certified Lay Servant, a Certified Lay Minister, and a Certified Lay Minister. From transformative leadership to impactful worship, our certified programs empower you to excel. Stay current, stay certified – invest in your ministry today!
WHAT IS A LAY SERVANT?
LAY SERVANT MINISTRIES is a leadership development program in The United Methodist Church focused on equipping and empowering laypersons who have responded to the call of God to serve in mission and ministry.
These laypersons are called to live out their own discipleship as servants in leadership through the ministries of leading, caring, and communicating.
Being called to ministry is a serious endeavor. It takes a disciple to make a disciple.
Thus we must do all we can to prepare ourselves and others to serve.
The United Methodist Church has established three categories for laypersons in the area of lay servant ministries to develop, prepare, and engage principled Christian leaders for the mission of making disciples for the transformation of the world:
• Certified Lay Servant
• Certified Lay Speaker
• Certified Lay Minister
Certified lay servants who wish to develop their skills further may choose a track to become certified as lay speakers (those who are called specifically to pulpit supply) or as lay ministers (those who are called to long-term, intentional ministry as part of a ministry team).