An intensive training course in church management and institutional development for ministry began at the end of April 2023 in churches in the Northern California sector, the West Coast of the United States, and its affiliates, under the supervision of Father Anthony Baqi, the representative of the Papal Headquarters in Northern California.
The training is being delivered by a number of professors from the Coptic Institute for Church Management and Development (COPTICAD), with the participation of two groups of priests, church council leaders, and ministers from the San Francisco area (30 trainees). The training continues at the papal headquarters in San Francisco and is being offered in both Arabic and English.
This course is the first of its kind in the dioceses abroad, and comes in implementation of the recommendations of the Holy Synod's eighth seminar in November 2021.
His Holiness Pope Tawadros II delivered an opening speech online, which can be viewed by clicking here. here
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