Courses
All Black Mountain School courses involve students in our Theological Action Research approach to education–connecting the learning to continued collaborative action in and with communities. We offer unique courses for clergy, church and community leaders, congregants, social activists, and community organizers intentionally crafted to engage critical questions and issues facing our communities and their leaders. Students can take individual courses or enroll in a suite of courses building toward Black Mountain School certification.
Current Course Offerings
Fall Leadership Academy
Course Description
The Black Mountain School will conduct a leadership academy November 15th - 16th developed to train congregational and community leaders in practices of Qualitative Leadership. Qualitative Leadership is our unique approach to leadership that provides training in community organizing practices and qualitative research skills for engaging collaborative efforts of theological action research. It is highly relational and deeply collaborative. It is also aimed to make deep and lasting change. Participants will learn practical skills for weaving a stronger relational fabric and for understanding how to work in and with their community to make substantial change through building collaborative action.
The BMS Summer Leadership Academy will be offered at Union Presbyterian Seminary, Charlotte Campus (Friday, November 15th - Saturday, November 16th)
INTERSECTIONAL LEADERSHIP CLASS SUMMER 2022
To be a thriving, creative educational institution that counters systems of oppression and alienation through practices of co-learning and co-action to advance the pursuit of higher goods, the formation of durable communities, and the generation of faithful, structural change.
— The Black Mountain School of Theology & Community
