Micah Groups

God has called the church to be an instrument of reconciliation and justice in our fractured world. That call requires church leaders who pursue discipleship in community with other leaders, receiving the encouragement and support they need while cultivating a faith and ministry that is shaped by diverse perspectives. Micah Groups are for any leaders, not just preachers, who share the gospel through their vocational call.

NOW ENROLLING for the spring 2025 Authorized Facilitator Training Session!

WHAT ARE MICAH GROUPS

Formed in 2011 as part of the Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute, Micah Groups from Brehm Preaching fosters communities across the US for preachers dedicated to integrating worship, preaching, and justice by nurturing prophetic community. Starting with seven pilot groups, it has expanded to nearly 200 groups and 2,000 members globally, shaping empowered, wise leaders committed to addressing pressing justice issues today in a fragmented church.

  • Courageous Conversation

    Learn from a network of Christian leaders sharing diverse perspectives

  • Support and Refreshment

    Be encouraged in your personal discipleship and spiritual formation

  • Emboldened Leadership

    Maximize your effectiveness in the convergence of worship, preaching, and justice

  • Empowered Ministry

    Lead your ministry in doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with God

Become a Micah Group Facilitator

To begin a new Micah Group, first, become a trained facilitator. Facilitators are experienced church leaders committed to integrating worship, preaching, and justice. They bridge diverse clergy, build cross-cultural relationships, and prioritize Micah Groups for about two years.

  • Micah Group facilitators are experienced church leaders who are committed to the convergence of worship, preaching, and justice.

  • They have a vision for bridge-building among diverse clergy in their community, actively build relationships across denominational, ethnic, gender, and other cultural divides, and are ready to prioritize Micah Groups for about two years in their life and ministry.

  • Interested individuals can apply to participate in a Micah Group Facilitator Training, which is currently offered online only.

  • The training is a 5-week commitment, including reading and homework before each of five 2-hour webinars with the training group. Participants engage in vision-casting for the convergence of worship, preaching, and justice, learn to facilitate sacred space for courageous conversation, and dialogue with Fuller and Micah Groups staff and faculty.

  • Interested individuals can email micahgroups@fuller.edu to find out how to enroll in the next training opportunity.

First Things

Traditional Micah Groups utilize our First Things curriculum that includes 12 concentrated reflections on themes connected to the core of our human experience—Communion, Home, Fire, Vision, Burden, Voice, Context, Discernment, Opportunity, Threats, Risk, and Courage—with a focus on preacher and community formation, followed by sermon and mission formation. The goal of the curriculum is a church leader with freshly invigorated, clarified, and effective vocation.

Micah Intensives

Micah Intensives are one month, online, small group experiences where you’ll engage with a diverse group of people around God’s call to us and to the church to respond to pressing issues of justice. You’ll explore the digital material in your own time—including text, videos, discussion questions, quizzes, and other interactive prompts. Then you’ll meet with your small group for a 60-75 minute webinar conversation each week, guided by an experienced facilitator from the Micah Groups program.

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