Grace Life Center · The Leaders Track
Leadership begins with a call, not a position.
If God has been stirring you to shepherd, serve, and raise others, the Leaders Track is an eleven-week formation journey that ends on your knees, being commissioned and sent. It will cost you something. It was always meant to.
Is this you?
- A stirring that won’t leave, however quietly it began.
- A leader has named something in you — “I see it.”
- People already come to you, and you’re not quite sure why.
- A hunger to see others find and follow Jesus.
If that’s you — even if you feel unqualified — keep reading. Feeling unqualified is where most calls begin.
What the Leaders Track is
Eleven weeks, and a commissioning. The weekly rhythm is simple, and it is real:
Study
A rich, self-paced module in our app each week — read, reflect, and write when your day allows.
Gather
One 90-minute conversation a week with the others being formed alongside you.
Meet your mentor
A weekly meeting with your assigned Leadership Mentor — every week, without exception.
Practice
A real activation each week — a leadership testimony, hidden service, feet washing, a personal retreat.
Where it leads: commissioning into real service in the house — not a certificate, but a sending.
What it forms
Eleven weeks, one aim: to make you a leader Jesus can trust, Heaven can deploy, and people can safely follow. These five marks are the character of every leader in our family — Faithfulness, Love, Obedience, Prayerfulness, and Authority.
Faithfulness
Trustworthy in the small and unseen, long before anyone is watching.
Love
The kind that lays itself down — the first mark of anyone who leads like Jesus.
Obedience
A life that says yes to God even when it costs, and especially when no one would know.
Prayerfulness
Leadership drawn from the secret place, not from talent or nerve.
Authority
Spiritual weight that kneels — praying for the sick, carrying others, never lording it over anyone.
We lead the way Jesus led — with a towel, not a throne.
Before God trusts you with a platform, He shapes you in the pasture. Authority in this house means kneeling to wash feet, praying for the sick, and carrying real spiritual weight — never status. In the Kingdom, the way up is down.
The towel in your hand is more powerful than the title on your card.
What it will ask of you
Jesus counted the cost out loud, and so will we. None of it earns God’s love. All of it positions you to be formed into a leader He can trust.
Eleven weeks
of weekly study, a weekly gathering, and a real practice to live out — for the whole eleven weeks.
A weekly meeting with your mentor
This one is non-negotiable. It is your responsibility to schedule and keep, and if the meetings don’t happen, the track isn’t happening.
Practices that cost pride
A personal retreat, hidden service, feet washing, and more — most of it will cost your pride more than your time.
The Leadership Covenant and Code of Conduct
Signed at the end, at commissioning, with eyes fully open — after the formation, never as a checkbox at the door.
The story you’re joining
From Azusa Street, to a small prayer group at the University of Ife, to a student meeting on February 18, 1980, where God spoke a word that birthed our movement: “Start preparing people for the Great Harvest.” More than forty years later, that preparation continues — and this track is where it happens. You are not joining a program. You are answering a call that has been sounding for a generation.
If God is calling, we would be honored to walk this with you.
Tell us where you are, and a pastor will reach out — personally.
A few honest questions
What if I don’t feel ready?
Then you’re in good company. Moses asked “Who am I?” at the burning bush, and God never answered the question — He said, “I will be with you.” Mary was a teenager at home; Peter was mid-shift. Feeling unqualified is where most true calls begin. It is not a disqualification. It may be the best sign you’re ready to be formed.
Do I need to have completed BECOME® first?
Ordinarily, yes — the path runs Guest → Follower → Disciple → Leader, one step at a time, and BECOME® is the ground the Leaders Track builds on. But a pastor’s recommendation can carry an exception. If you haven’t walked BECOME® yet, tell us on the form; we’ll help you find the right next step rather than simply turning you away.
What exactly does the mentor meeting involve?
Each week you meet with an assigned Leadership Mentor — a leader a little farther down the road who reads your reflections, prays with you, talks through what you’re living out, and holds you gently accountable. Their end-of-track report helps discern your readiness to be commissioned. Accountability here isn’t punishment; it’s the secret ingredient of transformation.
What happens at commissioning?
Week eleven is a Commissioning and Anointing Service — not a graduation. You sign the Leadership Covenant, hear the Declaration of Sending, are prayed over and anointed, and are given real responsibility in the house. As we say: this is not graduation, it’s activation.
What happens after — where do commissioned leaders serve?
Into real service in the life of the church — shepherding, leading, praying for others, carrying spiritual weight in a Spirit-filled community of servants who together yield to the Lordship of Jesus. Not a title on a card. A towel in your hand.
What if I start and realize it’s not my season?
Then you may step back, honestly and without shame. Discerning that the timing isn’t right is itself a faithful act, and nothing you learn while walking with Jesus is ever wasted. The door stays open for when your season comes.