"Different Together: A Leader’s Guide” Addressing Toxic Polarization

October 24, 2025 9:00 am to 3:00 pm; In Person at the Garden Level Conference Room at the Weber Center in Adrian, MI

This year’s Synod assembly will offer you real help in a time of real need. Christian leadership is hard in any era; but the increasing toxic political polarization in our land raises the degree of difficulty exponentially. We could all use a little help with this, and the Rev. Dr. Allen Hilton has been offering pastors and leaders around the U.S. precisely this sort of help for more than a decade. To chart a way toward one another across our lines of difference, Allen will help us identify the difficulties of division, build skills to navigate it, and imagine the church becoming ONE as Jesus prayed we would be. Our time together will offer hope that the church can be a beacon in this dreary American moment.