{"id":7285,"date":"2023-05-25T09:08:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T09:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/?p=7285"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:24:05","slug":"faithlead-reaches-new-audiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/faithlead-reaches-new-audiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith+Lead reaches new audiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luther Seminary\u2019s Faith+Lead platform is expanding to meet the needs of more people. In addition to continuing to provide resources for pastors and other church leaders, Faith+Lead\u2019s updated website, which launched in November, targets two new audiences\u2014everyday disciples and spiritual seekers.<\/p>\n<p>The change came out of the seminary\u2019s efforts to help churches that are seeing declines in engagement. \u201cThroughout the course of extensive listening, we found that among the primary causes of decline was a lack of deep formation of Christian identity and practice in our culture,\u201d said Katie Langston \u201921 M.Div., director of digital strategy for Faith+Lead. To fulfill that need, Faith+Lead\u2019s updated website organizes its array of educational resources into four categories: Everyday Disciples, Ministry Entrepreneurs, Spiritual Seekers, and Church Leaders. Users can find this curated content under the tab called \u201cFaith+Lead For.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The website also offers online courses through the new Faith+Lead Academy. The first course, focused on the the Gospel of Matthew, launched in February. More offerings will follow this year.<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: solid 5px #acacae; padding: 5px; margin-top: 25px;\">\n<h2>Read more from Summer 2023<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/listening-and-learning\/\">Listening and learning<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/meeting-jesus-at-the-park\/\">Meeting Jesus at the park<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/an-updated-education-for-a-changing-church\">An updated education for a changing church<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/act-two\">Act two<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/a-visual-calling-the-story-behind-the-most-popular-cartoons-at-luther-seminary\">A visual calling: The story behind the most-popular cartoons at Luther Seminary<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/families-honored-as-garden-of-the-resurrection-is-relocated\">Families honored as garden of resurrection is relocated<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/faithlead-reaches-new-audiences\">Faith+Lead reaches new audiences<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/in-honor-of-retiring-faculty-and-staff\">In Honor of retiring faculty and staff<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/working-preacher-hits-1m-podcast-downloads\">Working Preacher hits 1M+ podcast downloads<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/new-faces-on-campus\">New faces on campus<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/2023-commencement\">2023 Commencement<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/why-is-your-favorite-stole-meaningful\/\">Why is your favorite stole meaningful?<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/faculty-and-staff-notes\">Faculty and staff notes<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"display: block; min-width: 24px; min-height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/alumni-news\">Alumni news<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luther Seminary\u2019s Faith+Lead platform is expanding to meet the needs of more people. In addition to continuing to provide resources for pastors and other church leaders, Faith+Lead\u2019s updated website, which launched in November, targets two new audiences\u2014everyday disciples and spiritual seekers. The change came out of the seminary\u2019s efforts to help churches that are seeing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5147,"featured_media":7452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"issue-summer-2023","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Faith+Lead reaches new audiences - Luther Seminary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/story\/2023\/05\/25\/faithlead-reaches-new-audiences\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Faith+Lead reaches new audiences - Luther Seminary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Luther Seminary\u2019s Faith+Lead platform is expanding to meet the needs of more people. 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