The Academy
Develop your skills, leadership, and character.
As part of The Academy, you will be working towards an Award in Christian Leadership from Moorlands College, which has been accredited by NCFE as a Customised Award with the learning outcomes benchmarked at Level 3.

The Academy is ideal for those not looking to do a degree, or who may want a stepping stone to the degree after completing Be Transformed. Many trainees completing The Academy have launched straight into full-time youth or children’s ministry positions.
Course Overview
The Biblical Leader
This unit will help you to analyse key leadership issues in the Bible and examine how they relate to Christian leadership in the 21st Century.
The Discipling Leader
This unit will help Learners to reflect on a discipling relationship where the Learner is a disciple and then put that into practice by the Learner discipling someone younger.
The Pioneer Leader
This unit will help Learners to critically reflect on pioneer leadership and how important it is to the 21st Century Church.
The Reflective Leader
This unit will help Learners to reflect on different leadership situations and how they should be addressed by the leader. It will help Learners to be reflective practitioners.
The Discipling Leader
This unit will help Learners to reflect on a discipling relationship where the Learner is a disciple and then put that into practice by the Learner discipling someone younger.
Ready to Apply?
Every topic has been relevant and applicable to my own workplace. The size of the group allows for discussions which enable each of us to think about how to apply what we’re learning to our own ministry.
The lecturers are all passionate and engaging and the mixture of SWYM staff and outside people delivering the training has offered diverse and helpful insight into a range of subjects.