Sean Baker

Learn more about how best to discern, avert or facilitate a pastor’s release from call. 

More pastors than ever are requesting leaves of absence as they navigate trauma, loss and mental health challenges. How can your council prepare?

More pastors than ever are requesting leaves of absence as they navigate trauma, loss and mental health challenges. How can your council prepare? 

With the complex and consequential decisions Synod 2022 will face, wise leaders must manage the polarity of ensuring good process and arriving at good outcomes.

Between the departure of your former pastor and the arrival of your next, what options are available for CRCs looking for interim ministers?

How can our church find an interim minister to serve our congregation?

Three simple practices to help your council make better decisions. 

The way we treat each other while we make decisions is just as important to our witness as the decision itself. 

Too often at church meetings, corporate prayer feels perfunctory; personal scripture study is assumed; and the spiritual formation of fellow office-bearers is an afterthought to deliberations. 

With so many challenging and divisive issues facing our churches, from COVID procedures to human sexuality and politics, we offer three easy steps to make worse decisions.