https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:18:05 +0000 Mon, 21 Nov 2022 18:50:56 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/why-does-your-church-need-code-conduct What is to be gained from having your congregation adopt the denomination's new Code of Conduct?  Dave Den Haan https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/why-does-your-church-need-code-conduct Mon, 21 Nov 2022 18:50:56 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/pastors-special-student-loan-grant-now Are you an ordained CRCNA pastor?  Have you been making payments on your student loans for more than five years? Do you have less than $30,000 of loans remaining? Do you want to significantly decrease or even pay off these loans? Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/pastors-special-student-loan-grant-now Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:02:16 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/bivocational-pastors-fellowship-now Pastors who are bivocational or considering bivocationality are invited to apply to the 2022 cohort of the Bivocational Growth Fellowship.  Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/bivocational-pastors-fellowship-now Tue, 02 Nov 2021 20:03:16 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/group-communication-and-conflict-guidelines-work-progress This set of guidelines for communicating with others was originally published by Rev. John Groen in the Ann Arbor CRC newsletter a number of years ago. John Groen https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/group-communication-and-conflict-guidelines-work-progress Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:30:13 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/financial-shalom-resource-roundup-april Financial Shalom is a CRCNA program designed to improve the financial well-being of all the CRCNA’s pastors. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/financial-shalom-resource-roundup-april Wed, 07 Apr 2021 21:10:06 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/where-we-are-25-years-after-ordaining-women-pastors I remember my mom sitting in our family room in Tennessee. If I close my eyes, I can still see her in the big leather chair, coffee cup in hand. My fourth and final child had just been born. Mom faithfully came to help out after the birth of each child and after every corporate move. Elaine May https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/where-we-are-25-years-after-ordaining-women-pastors Sun, 07 Feb 2021 14:41:22 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/why-your-pastor-hates-pandemics-are-you-really-leaving Background: Since 2016, the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA) has relied on the Birkman, an assessment of self-perception, social-perception and interests, to coach pastors toward greater self-awareness and more effective teamwork. Sean Baker https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/why-your-pastor-hates-pandemics-are-you-really-leaving Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:31:04 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/why-crc-pastors-struggle-pandemics-theres-no-time-form Background: Since 2016, the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA) has relied on the Birkman, an assessment of self-perception, social-perception and interests, to coach pastors toward greater self-awareness and more effective teamwork. Sean Baker https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/why-crc-pastors-struggle-pandemics-theres-no-time-form Tue, 20 Oct 2020 13:32:52 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/mentoring-new-ministers Newly ordained ministers, as well as ministers who enter the Christian Reformed Church from other denominations, are required to have ministry mentors for the first five years of their ordained ministry (see Acts of Synod, 1982, p. 78). Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/mentoring-new-ministers Tue, 18 Dec 2018 16:49:03 +0000