RAISE: Children's Leader's Training

This iLearn course is designed to equip all children’s leaders for ministry with The Salvation Army.

Course modules

The vision
Faith development for children
Leading children
Pastoral awareness
Families
Programme planning
Children in the community
Children's ministry online
Leading well into the future

There is a Learning Journal to accompany delegates throughout the training that includes key points from each module, a space for notes, activities and prompts for personal reflection.

Suitable for

All children's leaders:

A mandatory course for children’s leaders before they are commissioned as YPSMs, Children’s Ministry Team Leaders or Junior Soldier Sergeants.
A highly recommended course for all those who work with children.
A highly recommended course for teams of children’s leaders in a corps to learn and journey together.

Course duration

The modules can be worked through at your own pace.

There is a comprehensive resource list of additional content for those wishing to deepen their learning in a specific area.

Connecting with other children's leaders

While the course can be completed at your own pace, Youth & Children's Ministries want to create a learning community to share experiences and knowledge.

There will be six cohorts a year starting in January, March, May, July, September and November.

As part of a learning community, delegates will be invited to an online conversation to share learning. They will also be invited to join a private Facebook group to share experiences and resources going forward and stay connected as local children’s leaders.

Children’s leaders who complete RAISE will be encouraged to join the bi-monthly online Children’s Leaders’ Network for ongoing learning.