The Ridder Church Renewal process helps leaders develop the tools to confront unhealthy models that have hindered personal and congregational growth.
Participants make a 30-month commitment to personal faith renewal. Along the way they commit to courageous and authentic communication and to understanding the pressures that systems bring on individual behavior. They learn to develop non-anxious leadership styles, deal with conflict, and create effective teams.
Every Ridder Church Renewal experience follows three learning practices:
More information about Ridder Church Renewal will be on this page soon, but in the meantime, watch a series of videos below about Ridder Church Renewal.
Ridder Church Renewal: Part 1--The Leader's Journey
Ridder Church Renewal: Part 2-Know/Do Anxiety
Ridder Church Renewal: Part 3--Radical Obedience
Ridder Church Renewal: Part 4--Reflective Living
Ridder Church Renewal: Part 5 - Mission Together
Ridder Church Renewal: Part 6--Reflective Life
Ridder Church Renewal: Part 7--Personal and Corporate Transformation
Ridder Church Renewal: Part 8-Anxiety
Ridder Church Renewal: Part 9-Emotional Maturity Defined
Ridder Church Renewal: Part 10-Emotional Maturity
Ridder Church Renewal: Part 11 - Over/Under Functioning
Ridder Church Renewal: Part 12 - Projection Triangles
Ridder Church Renewal: Part 13-Working Assignments
Ridder Church Renewal: Part 14 - Listening Context
Ridder Church Renewal: Part 15 - Emotional Maturity Conclusion
Ridder Church Renewal: Lokers story
Ridder Church Renewal: Stone story
Ridder Church Renewal: DeRuyter story
Ridder Church Renewal is a partnership between Western Theological Seminary, the Reformed Church in America, and the Christian Reformed Church