Curriculum and Themes
The IMP Certificate Program brings study, practice, reflection, and application together through a living curriculum.
The themes below provide a framework for each term. Within that framework, questions and experiences from participants’ ministries help shape the dialogue and exploration.
This approach connects the material with community life, allowing participants to revisit ideas, deepen their understanding, and consider how to put their learning into practice.
Term 1: Foundations of Integral Ministry Practice
Develop a shared understanding of IMP and explore the practices that connect personal growth with community development.
Themes include:
Implementation Process Map: a framework and timeline for transitioning toward Integral Ministry Practice.
Reinventing Ministry: understanding organizations through developmental stages.
Obstacles to development: recognizing patterns that can limit personal growth and cultural change.
Evolutionary Purpose: exploring how purpose can guide community life and decisions.
Translational and transformational approaches: examining teachings and practices that support people within familiar perspectives and those that invite a change in perspective.
Quantum Living Process: establishing an ongoing practice of shadow work and self-awareness.
Aware-apy: applying the Quantum Living Process in spiritual counseling.
Group and team practice: exploring the Quantum Living Process together.
Conscious Living Circles and Conscious Leadership Circles: supporting development, participation, and the expression of shared purpose.
Term 2: Awakening the Beloved Community
Explore the relationships, leadership practices, and sense of belonging that support a community’s development.
Themes include:
Integral Welcoming System: helping newcomers connect with the community and discover opportunities to participate.
The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: exploring practices that support self-awareness, responsibility, and learning.
“Above the line” leadership: recognizing defensive reactions and practicing greater openness and curiosity.
The Beloved Community: examining how spiritual understanding finds expression in relationships and everyday community life.
Term 3: Integrating Practice and Leadership
Bring your learning into the everyday work of ministry through Waking Up, Growing Up, Cleaning Up, and Showing Up.
This term connects spiritual practice, developmental awareness, shadow work, and active participation with the responsibilities of leadership.
Themes include:
Integral Job Descriptions: aligning roles and responsibilities with IMP principles and the community’s purpose.
Three Faces of God: exploring different ways of experiencing and relating to the Divine.
Evolving Paradigms: examining how changing perspectives influence ministry.
Evolutionary Council: exploring shared discernment through Conscious Conversations and Mapping What Is.
Board and Staff Development: supporting ongoing growth in awareness, relationships, and leadership practice.
Integral Employee Review Process: connecting reflection, development, and accountability.
Embodied Integral Spirituality: bringing spiritual understanding into lived experience and action.