Monday's Learning Workshop

Making a Difference: Growing church and community through relationships

Faith-based organizing is a strategic tool that churches can utilize to transform the church and the community. At its core, Faith-based organizing is a Gospel practice. Jesus invited, trained, and equipped disciples. He sent them out in pairs to spread the Good News. To engage our communities in the ministry of transformation, we must invite, train and equip. This workshop will provide you with faith-based organizing strategies to help you effectively listen and build the necessary relationships in your community to bring about transformation. 

Monday, June 10, 2024

9:00am - 12:00pm

At the KI Convention Center

Led by:  REV. LAURA KIGWEBA
Director of Grassroots Organizing

Laura Kigweba is the director of Grassroots Organizing at the General Board of Church and Society. In her position, she builds, strengthens, and equips United Methodists to transform the systemic conditions of injustice in both the church, community and world through faith-based community organizing.

“Part of my role is to facilitate and develop trainings that deepen the capacity and leadership for United Methodists to organize and respond to matters of social injustice in their communities,” Laura said.

Before joining the General Board of Church and Society, Laura studied at Wesley Theological Seminary where she learned tools of faith-based grassroots organizing and missional church strategies. After graduating, she was appointed as a local pastor in Baltimore, Maryland where she used grassroots organizing tools to equip the local congregations to address conditions of homelessness and poverty in the community.

Laura holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration and Non-profit Management from the University of Tennessee and a Master of Divinity in Missional Studies from Wesley Theological Seminary.

Laura is a member of Emory Fellowship United Methodist Church and a provisional elder in the Baltimore Washington Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.

E-mail: lkigweba@umcjustice.org
The Rev. Laura Kigweba • GBCS (umcjustice.org)