Accredited Learning Course: ‘Managing Church Well’

An exciting and engaging accredited course to equip you in your ministry of leadership and management

The course will be delivered over 15-18 months through a combination of 8-10 one-day and Zoom video sessions, including 1 residential.

Cohort 4 is full and underway!

Cohort 5 is likely to start at the end of 2024 or early 2025.

Interested in being part of Cohort 5? Please complete this form.

Download the promotional brochure here.

An info sheet with further details can be found here.

Download a handout here for your Minister, Treasurer, Trustees or potential funders, on the benefits of the course for you and your church!

Please note Cohort 5 prices are currently under review and we will update this page accordingly in due course.


Leadership & Management in a Christian organisation is a marathon, not a sprint… and there are hurdles along the way. Talk of ‘vision’ and ‘mission’ often brings about a focus on the task at hand, but achieving the task requires doing the ‘people’ bit well. This is often where we fall down.

How can you manage well in a task-focused yet people-orientated way, enabling relationships and effectiveness to thrive?

UCAN is delighted to introduce the UK’s first accredited Church Management course led by sought-after ILM tutor and Leadership coach: Rachel Slough from rachelsloughconsulting

The cost of the course is £1,745* based on a total expected cohort size of 12-15 students. (Cohort sizes below these numbers are only viable with adjusted costs). Please note that the course fees shown are for UCAN+ members. Non-members wishing to do the course should contact UCAN to discuss membership options, as this is the most cost-efficient way to proceed.

*Please note Cohort 5 prices are currently under review and we will update this page accordingly in due course.


Hear from some of our course graduates!

John Drayton | Operations Manager | St Mary’s, Cheadle

The course is excellent and thoroughly enjoyable, with exceptionally good practical content and delivery. It is hard to quantify just how great the benefit is of meeting with others in similar roles but in different circumstances, being able to pray with them and share fellowship is a huge blessing,

Jo Roach | Office Manager | St Andrew’s, Histon

The course provided me with space to think, confidence in my knowledge and abilities to lead, and tools for handling the challenges of management along the way. It was also a wonderful place to meet with others who understood the particular stresses of a management role within churches.
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