Course Description

The course is designed to equip participants to move beyond surviving in the workplace to becoming workers: employees/business owners who transform their workplaces into places and spaces for human flourishing. Participants will be exposed to the Biblical purpose of work, their unique calling, and the meaning of human dignity within the context of a fast-changing & culturally diverse world. The course will integrate wholeness in life - exploring how work is related to ministry, calling, and mission.

Course Outcome

Upon completion of this certificate, participants should be able to:

Identify the dignity, significance and purpose of their own work and ministry in the light of Scripture and the Christian tradition.

Explain how the Platonic Secular/Sacred divide has negatively impacted the pervasive worldview of work.

Show how organizations contribute to joy at work by providing people with work linked to a greater purpose, work that aligns with their individual gifts and motivations, and work in which they make decisions that affect it.

Design a plan for contextualizing your new understanding of work within their own sphere of influence and community.

Apply the theological understanding that humans are created to work as stewards of the earth, relationships, power, money, and resources. Apply understandings to the decisions and ethical situations that arise in your work life.

Course Details

Week 1: INTRODUCTIONS: Work & Worldviews - Theology Of Work: Eternal Mandates Vs Contemporary Work

Week 2: Work & Calling

Week 3: Work & Spirituality

Week 4: Stewardship & Ethics

Week 5: Workplace Culture & Decision Making

Week 6: Giftedness & Team Building

Week 7: Community Engagement

Week 8: Wrap Up & Presentations

Facilitators

Dr. Oladotun Reju

Oladotun Reju is the founder and Chief Resource Person of the Center for Transformational Leadership, Jos City Nigeria. He was trained as a banker and has been in pastoral and teaching vocation for 19 years. “Dot” is the founding Pastor of The Kingdom Citizens’ Pavilion Ministry, a multi-faceted local congregation based in Jos. The church community serves the city in areas of education through the Kingdom Citizens International School and Kingdom Citizens College, socialpolitical and economic empowerment through the Patris Empowerment Initiative, a social-political action group for the promotion of responsible governance and citizenship in Nigeria.

Dot mentors Christian artists by resourcing them to develop capacity to deploy the arts for transformational purposes; the flagship of the Arts Initiative is the “Jos City Gatekeepers Band” and “M4Creation” Studios. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from University of Lagos, a Master of Arts in Christian Leadership from The West African Theological Seminary, Lagos, and a Doctor of Ministry in Transformational Leadership for the Global City from Bakke Graduate University, Seattle, WA. Dr. Reju currently serve on the Board of Regents of Bakke Graduate University and has been stewarding the Theology of Work Grant Program for the US-based Mustard Seed Foundation for 12 years.

Dr. Shanti Persaud

With over 20 years of business experience and six years in banking, Dr. Persaud believes she can add value to others with the knowledge she has by “teaching them to fish.” From a young age, she aspired to empower people, leading her to earn a Business Management degree from the University of Guyana, an MBA, and a Doctorate in Transformational Leadership from Bakke Graduate University, Texas, USA. Certified as a Senior Certified Professional Coach (ICF accredited), a Maxwell Leadership coach, speaker, and trainer, and an ActionCOACH Business and Executive Coach, Shanti is also a Behavioral Analysis Trainer, Accumatch Behavioral Intelligence Coach, NLP Practitioner, CBET certified trainer, Adding Zero facilitator, Emotional Intelligence Training and a Positive Intelligence Coach. With over eight years in corporate training and more than five years in business and executive coaching, her passion lies in helping organizational leaders achieve personal and professional growth.

Dr. Persaud serves on several boards, including Youth with a Mission Guyana and as President of the Auxiliary of the Gideon’s International in her camp. She founded Guyana's first non-profit leadership foundation, which provides value-based teachings to the youths and adults to develop their leadership skills and make more value-based decisions. With the aim to transform their homes, organizations, communities, and country.

Troy Murphy

Troy, a West Coast native, holds a Master's in Education from Azusa Pacific University School of Theology, where he later served as an adjunct professor.

With four decades of experience as a U.S. Marine and in various faith-based organizations, from churches to non-profits, Troy has dedicated his leadership to developing innovative solutions for organizational and leadership growth.

He has traveled worldwide to impart transformative principles to individuals and organizations, creating content that tackles issues related to race, faith, and leadership. Notably, he served as the Chaplain for the Green Bay Packers during their victorious Super Bowl run in 2010 and has provided mentorship and coaching to professional athletes, faith leaders, and business executives around the globe.

For the past 16 years, Troy has been the Lead Pastor at Green Bay Community Church in Wisconsin. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in transformational leadership, focusing on how organizations can positively influence cities. Additionally, he is a Senior Consultant for a leadership development firm called Transformed Leader. Troy and his wife, Tricia, have been happily married for 35 years and are proud parents of four adult daughters and three grandchildren.