Introduction A warm welcome to the course. You may be a leader in your church or a leader in a ministry in a church. Or you may simply be a member. Or you may simply be an interested party in this subject. A hearty welcome nonetheless! Objectives If you have found yourself in this training (purposefully and NOT by chance), then one purpose underlies your study effort – to conduct a marriage ceremony between three variables: • The academic world of the science called management, • leadership as an art and a science, and • the sacred institution called the church.