Certificate-in-lay-ministry training expands online

The Weyerhaeuser Center for Christian Faith and Learning at Whitworth University has expanded its certified-lay-minister training online.

From October through June, persons who seek to increase their Bible and theological knowledge in order to fill non-ordained leadership positions in a number of field can sign up for nine months of online training taking place from October to June. For more information and to register, visit http://www.whitworth.edu/FaithCenter/Calendar/Certificateinlayministryonline.htm.

That's in addition to the center's traditional classroom instruction, to take place from September through June at the university near Walla Walla. For more information, visit http://www.whitworth.edu/FaithCenter/ClergyLay/Certificates/LayMinistry.htm.

Certified lay ministers become commissioned lay pastors, Christian-education directors, lay-ministry coordinators, youth leaders, church administrators and elders, to name a few paths.