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… congregation can be isolating. A pastor’s position in the church limits his or her access to the social and spiritual … and disagreement,” says Kranenburg. “Doing this in a safe setting allowed for us to collectively work through … Church Leadership: Lonely Road or Shared Journey? …
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… Youth Ministry; Coffee Break; music groups; and members of church committees. Where required, volunteers undergo background checks in order to comply with our Safe Church policy. …
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… expensive cures—in the future? When Christian Reformed Church (CRC) pastors gathered recently in Grand Rapids, … to personal and family breakdown. “Our group provided a safe environment where participants can truly share. The … deny the correlation between healthy pastors and healthy churches. “Because of the group, we don’t feel alone in …
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… Churches are systems made up of diverse and interdependent … on the functioning of the other to thrive. So it is with church systems. Understanding the church as system is not … to nurture openness and trust so that everyone can feel safe to contribute. “A healthy sense of trust in a church …
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… Ouch! The story usually goes on to tell of a Pentecostal church in Idaho that sang for 90 minutes during a three-hour … on the just and unjust . After just mentioning reckless churches that became superspreaders, I also observe that many … 6 Observations About COVID and The Church …
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… loss for all of us. In a joint effort to bless our churches, Worship Ministries and Pastor Church Resources have commissioned video sermons from …
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… traits of leadership articulated by the Christian Reformed Church’s “Leadership Development Team” several years ago. I … most members slowly turned Hopeful not to just any safe harbour, but to seas where powerful, steady Holy Spirit … • become a regional church not recruiting crew from other churches, but developing their own crew from growing young …
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… calendars crowded with hospital visits and meetings and church events, many pastors find themselves standing in a … there are a lot of demands on you, and you need places to safely say things. There are things you can’t share with your …
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… of every good or ill in the congregation. Talk about the church and its mission in terms of the body as a whole, not … Looking for solutions to problems is quite safe and easy. Adaptation involves changes not to things … good, or that change for change's sake is good. In fact, churches do well to remind themselves that people long for …
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… they still play a central—and highly—visible role in the church. That role, even today, comes fraught with … pastor’s spouse and family as well. The Christian Reformed Church’s Sustaining Pastoral Excellence (SPE) project … for her and the other spouses involved. “Our group is safe place where concerns, struggles, and joys can be shared …
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… Like so many churches across the world, my congregation has begun to … are learning with their own life. Some ideas: Using their “safe search” feature, access and share free images from … Kids with Online Worship from the First Presbyterian Church of Aurora and Worship at Home with Children from First …
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… When the Christian Reformed Church North America (CRCNA) was awarded a Lilly Endowment … for an initiative with the potential to transform local churches and their pastors through “Sustaining Pastoral … can help the pastor and his or her spouse keep the home “a safe haven” says Moon Bae Kim. The home should be a place for …