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Post-Synod: How Do We Go From Here?
How you and your church can hold grace and truth while you discern and decide what’s next.
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February 2, 2022
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Do Not Worry About Synod
As the agenda for Synod 2022 grows, don’t forget that the discernment and decision-making of your local church is just as important.
February 1, 2022
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Have You Listened Enough To Make That Decision?
With significant decisions taking place on issues like the Human Sexuality Report and the Canada/US relationship, are your chief decision-makers listening well enough to God and others?
January 12, 2022
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What Is Article 17 and Why Is It So Common?
Learn more about how best to discern, avert or facilitate a pastor’s release from call.
January 10, 2022
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Clergy Mental Health Crisis: Is Your Church Ready? A Guide to Leaves of Absence and Short-term Disability (Canada Edition)
More pastors than ever are requesting leaves of absence as they navigate trauma, loss and mental health challenges. How can your council prepare?
January 10, 2022
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Clergy Mental Health Crisis: Is Your Church Ready? A Guide to Leaves of Absence and Short-term Disability (US Edition)
More pastors than ever are requesting leaves of absence as they navigate trauma, loss and mental health challenges. How can your council prepare?
November 8, 2021
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Just Decide Already! Can’t We Just Vote and Move On?
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.
October 25, 2021
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Options for Interim Ministry in the CRC
Between the departure of your former pastor and the arrival of your next, what options are available for CRCs looking for interim ministers?
October 18, 2021
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How to Find Interim Ministers in the CRC
How can our church find an interim minister to serve our congregation?
October 12, 2021
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3 Practices for Better Process and Outcomes
Three simple practices to help your council make better decisions.
October 7, 2021
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Is Your Decision-Making Process Fair? Two Questions Every Council Must Ask Before Deciding (Part 2)
The way we treat each other while we make decisions is just as important to our witness as the decision itself.
September 27, 2021
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Two Questions Every Council Must Ask Before Making a Decision (Part 1)
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.
September 20, 2021
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Rush, Hush and Mush: 3 Keys to Bad Decisions
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.
September 7, 2021
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What to Do When Council Won't Listen
A guide for raising substantial concerns to your church's leadership.
August 31, 2021
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Human Sexuality Report: Rarely "Yes" or "No"
A 176 page report is not something you can merely "agree" or "disagree" with. It's far too complex. How can we engage beyond the headline?
August 21, 2021
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Human Sexuality Report: Ready to Rumble?
Debate can bring clarity to the issues we face. But how do we hear the insights of the 90% too reserved to jump into the fray?
January 26, 2021
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Why Your Church Needs to Talk About the Human Sexuality Report (and How to Start)
Sermons and statements are insufficient to shape Christian faithfulness in the area of human sexuality. We need to study, talk, pray, and discern together.
January 12, 2021
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The State of Mentoring in the CRCNA
A summary of key learnings from the 2020 survey of newly-ordained ministers' experiences being mentored.
December 22, 2020
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It's Rough Out There: Considering Your Pastor's Mental Health in COVID
The stress of ministry during COVID is leading good pastors to consider leaving ministry altogether. They're burned out and exhausted. Here's how your council could help.
November 19, 2020
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Human Sexuality Report: Better Process for Better Conversations
When we have hard conversations, it's easy to get stuck. Good process can help keep groups focused on moving forward with the important stuff.
November 17, 2020
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Why Your Pastor Hates Pandemics (Are You Really Leaving the Church Over Masks?)
Making a difference in people’s lives is a big part of what motivates CRC pastors. What happens when a pandemic strikes and you begin to suspect you haven’t made much of a difference after all?
November 2, 2020
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Human Sexuality Report: Challenging Conversations Toolkit
I have strong beliefs about many of the issues addressed in the study report. I assume you do, too. What can it look like, practically, to live into Paul’s instructions to a church divided this way?
October 26, 2020
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Pastors, How to Interview Your Next Church
The calling process can be lengthy for pastors. Yet, after many interviews and meetings, some pastors realize most of what they know of the church comes from just a handful of members. That’s not enough.
October 20, 2020
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Why CRC Pastors Struggle in Pandemics (There's No Time to Form a Study Committee)
Swiftly changing pandemic circumstances forced many CRC pastors into a pace of decision-making that stretched them out of their comfort zone. Here’s why that might be and what you might do about it.
October 13, 2020
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Pastor Support Group in the Age of COVID
Since early in the days of COVID-19, a group of pastors in Classis BC Southeast has met every other week over Zoom to trouble-shoot challenges and encourage creativity in faithful ministry.