Through a creative alliance between Syracuse University and Le Moyne College, the “Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Ministry” seeks to recruit, gather, and equip cohorts of gifted faith leaders who have approximately 5-10 years of ministry experience, with twenty or more years remaining. The core purpose of this initiative is to offer a dynamic and distinctive setting for the formation of visionary leaders that are empowered to flourish within the contemporary era through creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. These groups, which will meet over the course of six months, will focus on various aspects of leadership development with the goal of thriving vocationally and thus enhancing the vitality of the congregations they serve. Using a multi-generational and ecumenical approach, ministry fellows will receive guidance from recognized scholars and experienced clergy, and will have opportunities to engage undergraduate and graduate students, all for the sake of focusing on – and responding to – the diversity of challenges and possibilities found in our contemporary ministry context.