Next Incubator Starts August 14-16, 2025

LEARNING COMMUNITIES

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What are learning communities?
Learning Communities are a one-year training program for emerging urban leaders and church planters, 1-2 years out from planting new congregations or Gospel-centered expressions of the Church. As a Learning Community, we commit to reading and discussing an insightful book each month in the areas of discipleship, spiritual & character formation, as well as ministry & leadership skills development.
Why Learning  Communties?
  • The Church is declining in urban centers, amplifying the need for new churches.
  •  Those called to plant new churches often feel ill-equipped and alone in the calling. 
  • City to City L.A. helps develop and deploy missional leaders from urban contexts to plant churches that engage the de-churched and the unchurched. 
  • Through the year-long Learning Communities and the 2-year Incubator program, we train, assess, connect, and launch church planters into neighborhoods throughout Southern California.

READING LIST SAMPLE:

These are some of the books that will be provided to you by your Learning Community leaders. These titles only represent a few of the total books read over the course of a year.

The Cure, By John Lynch, Bill Thrall, and Bruce McNichols

In the Name of Jesus, By Henri Nouwen

Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership, By Gary McIntosh & Samuel Rima

Pure Desire, By Ted Roberts

Center Church, Tim Keller