Leadership Development

Bold. Brave. Breakthru.


A pastoral leadership development program hosted by the United Methodist Foundation of New England with support from the Lilly Foundation.

The Innovate, Integrate, Elevate (IIE) program offers pastoral leadership cohorts over the course of two years. Each twelve participant cohort will have nationally recognized conversation partners and facilitators. 

Invited participants will be given time for:
  • Personal reflection & relaxation
  • Gathering in community
  • Prayer-filled conversation around contextual ministry challenges
  • Exploring a variety of applicable resources 
The participants in each cohort will collectively determine the measuring sticks and goals for their program. They will also decide how to apply what they have learned to become effective agents of change for God’s Kingdom in New England. Using Christ as the example, IIE will meet pastors in their current context and giftedness and walk with them as the Spirit guides.

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Interested? Please email Christyn


Innovate: a cohort of entrepreneurial pastors who have the potential and drive to be dynamic leaders in their churches, their communities and within the conference.


Integrate: a cohort of pastors serving in cross cultural appointments who can contribute to and benefit from a supportive community of driven pastors living a similar experience.


Boost: a cohort of part-time licensed local pastors who have great potential in this vocation, limited time for an in person program and who have a desire to be in community with other committed multi-vocational pastors.

Foundation Staff welcome a cohort to a gathering

at the Wylie Inn and Conference Center in Beverly, MA.

"Blessings on the important work that you are doing with the New England cohorts. I think that learning in small communities will bear long term fruit in your ministry.  I expect that I will continue to hear good things about this program in the future."

          Susan Beaumont - Author / Consultant / Coach / Spiritual Director


“The cohort is a community that feeds and inspires me to be better than I have been. There is no greater gift than to see and to be seen by others who are called to ministry. The Foundation has provided the space and intentionality to bring us together to create a sanctum of knowledge, mutual sharing, and accountability that inspires, renews, and invites us to engage in the realm of new possibilities for ministry. What an invaluable gift!”

          Wanda Santos-Perez - Charlton City UMC / Charlton, MA
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