ELCIC'S Professional Leadership
Continuing Education Plan (CEP)

Equipping, Challenging, Refreshing Professional Leaders in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) encourages high standards for its professional leaders. The Continuing Education Plan (CEP) of the ELCIC, under the direction of the Program Committee for Leadership for Ministry (PCLM), offers the means by which pastors, diaconal ministers, and lay professional leaders may:

• Develop present knowledge and skills
• Acquire new knowledge and skills
• Experience growth for more effective ministry.

Continuing education can be done through workshops, classes, retreats, guided groups and individual study. Whatever the format; continuing education should be planned to further an individual's goal for ministry and to serve the congregation or agency's goals for mission.

The CEP program is administered through Group Services Inc. Further information on the program, along with forms, can be found on their website.