

Centering Leadership Formation in
Community & Congregational Life
Be More
A thriving democracy needs dynamic congregations and community groups - places where individuals build relationships, create a sense of belonging and cultivate a sense of personal agency and commitment to the common good.
Yet most organizations leave their greatest resource—people—untapped and committees too often become graveyards for good ideas.
Congregations and community organizations should be engines of leadership formation and community re-imagination—if we create new rhythms and rituals. We urgently need more leaders, rooted in community and spiritual institutions, ready to strengthen the fabric of civil society.
Our Purpose
The Amen Center sparks transformation by placing leadership formation at the core of community life—raising up leaders, powering purpose-driven teams, and renewing congregations and civic life with courage and conviction.
How We Do It
We equip a new generation of leaders through training cohorts, mentorship, resource hubs, and innovation pilots
Amen’s AIR Cycle: An example of the accessible tools The Amen Center is designing to support leadership formation.
The Amen Center for Civic and Spiritual Leadership // Sparking Joy and Leadership Formation for a Vibrant Civic and Spiritual Future. The Center is directed by Rabbi Benjamin Ross and fiscally sponsored by the nonprofit Convergence.