About Christian Leadership Alliance

Building Leaders – Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness

Christian Leadership Alliance (CLA) is an association that serves more than 8,000 members working in more than 4,000 organizations worldwide. CLA is the nation's leading resource for enhancing the organizational effectiveness of churches and para-church ministries.

CLA and Azusa Pacific University (APU) have joined forces to create America’s premier center for applied Christian nonprofit leadership. For more than 35 years, CLA has equipped leaders of faith-based nonprofits in leadership, governance, management and resource development. Joining forces with APU allows CLA to fulfill that mission and impact an even wider audience of Christian leaders.

CLA seeks to build the body of Christ by building people—enhancing the effectiveness of Christian organizations and large churches. We recognize that organizational effectiveness begins with individuals, and that the role of the leader as a faithful steward belongs to all who are called to serve through governance, leadership, management or resource development.

In our information saturated age, multitudes of leadership books and management seminars exist. Sorting through this deluge of data is the job of CLA. For executives of organizations and churches, CLA is the one place to go to learn what to know. We provide resources and experiences relevant to your Christian context and organizational priorities. With this help, CLA members can focus more of their attention on their mission, impacting the world for Jesus Christ.

As a member of CLA, you receive access to and benefit from CLA's stellar knowledge resources, including:

• Outcomes magazine
• OutcomesONLINE e-newsletter
• Online Knowledge Resource Center
• CLA’s Annual National Conference
• Summits and forums (Steward Leadership Summit, etc.)
• CLA-APU Credentialed Christian Nonprofit Leader (CCNL)
• CLA-APU Online Learning
  
• Professional Webinars
• Electronic Downloads
• CLA Chapters
• Online Career Center Listings
• Compensation Survey Report for Christian Organizations
• Free subscription to Christianity Today magazine
• And more…

If you haven’t yet joined, we hope that you’ll sign up to join the thousands of ministry professionals who are already a part of CLA – click here to learn more!