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Elders and COVID-19
Here is a compilation of resources for elders as they try to navigate the Covid-19 environment.
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March 23, 2020
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Suggestions for Elders in a Covid-19 Environment
How do you provide spiritual leadership in an environment in which you can't meet with people face to face? Here are some suggestions.
March 22, 2020
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Suggestions for Pastors Ministering in a Covid-19 Environment
COVID-19 brings special challenges to pastors. Here's how pastors can take care of themselves while trying to face them.
March 21, 2020
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Leadership and Covid-19
Here are some ways for you to find equipping and encouragement as you lead your church through a difficult environment.
October 8, 2019
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A Day With Ruth Haley Barton: Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership
Join us for a one day seminar with Ruth Haley Barton as we explore how you can experience God's care for your own soul.
August 13, 2019
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Council Devotions: Church Health
Want to lead your council into a meaningful conversation about the health of your congregation? Here is a series of council devotionals to help you do that.
June 13, 2019
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Refreshed for the Call Conference in Calgary, AB
Calling all CRC Pastors and Commissioned Pastors! We'd love for you to come to the Refreshed for the Call conference this fall. Relevant discussions, refreshing setting, and nominal cost.
March 5, 2019
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More Than a Search Committee
The format of this training tool has been intentionally designed for you, the reader. Our intent is that this training tool may help lead you into rich conversation as you seek and acknowledge the guiding presence of God.
March 1, 2019
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Evaluation Essentials for Congregational Leaders
This training tool is intended to help church leaders have a fruitful conversation about evaluation in their local setting and to strengthen the local church by blessing its staff with timely, effective feedback.
January 15, 2019
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CRCNA Roundtable: Ministry in the Context of Dementia
Join us for a 1-hour roundtable exploring how the experience of dementia can be faith-formative, and for discussion on ministering to the person, the family, and the congregation.
December 18, 2018
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Mentoring for New Ministers
When you become a minister in the CRC, whether through ordination or transfer, we want you to travel through your first five years of ministry with an experienced minister at your side. Here is a ministry description for that relationship.
December 18, 2018
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A New Approach for Church Visiting (Process Guide)
This guide emerges from a renewal-orientation for church visiting and features the executive version of the survey used in the Healthy Church Discernment Process. Discover this coaching and encouraging approach!
February 6, 2018
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Pastor Peer Learning Grants
Peer Learning Grants enable CRC pastors to gather for support, learning, encouragement and prayer over a period of about a year. If you're looking to foster health in your ministry, life and relationships and nurture your wellbeing, check out the application form and overview document.
June 7, 2017
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Continuing Education for Pastors: General Educational Approaches
These Continuing Education pages are organized by the Five Callings that the CRC has adopted and are designed to assist pastors and councils make plans for ongoing learning.
February 6, 2017
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Pastors' Spiritual Vitality Toolkit
If you're looking to nurture your life with God, check out the Pastors' Spiritual Vitality Toolkit.
January 23, 2017
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Clergy Care Network
Being a pastor's wife isn't easy. The Clergy Care Network for Pastors' Wives has resources that will inspire, comfort, and strengthen.
January 23, 2017
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My Strange Life as a Pastor’s Wife
In this insightful article, Laurie Carnright Edwards reflects on the “unexpected blessings” of her role as a pastor’s wife — a role she once swore she’d never have.
January 23, 2017
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Local Women Balance Work, Family Life With Being Pastor's Wives
Be encouraged by the stories of three pastors' wives who share a common bond in the joys and challenges of being married to a pastor.
August 11, 2010
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Toward Effective Pastoral Mentoring
This is a practical tool for mentors (experienced pastors) and mentees (pastors new to ministry). It covers a wide variety of topics which pastors will generally encounter during their first several years of ministry. Each module/topic has discussion questions and a resource list.
January 7, 2010
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Effective Leadership in the Church
Churches have a variety of leaders that are doing their best to use their leadership gifts to further the kingdom. This training tool focuses on leadership in the local church. Biblical, theological, and practical information is presented in a user-friendly format.
January 7, 2010
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Marriage and Ministry
Written by pastors and their spouses, this tool is full of practical information for both pastoral couples and church councils. Topics such as expectations, burnout, relationships, and balance are presented in an honest, down-to-earth style.
January 7, 2010
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Developing a Sabbatical Policy
After reviewing a variety of sabbatical policies from Christian Reformed Churches, the attached document offers suggestions to churches that are considering adopting a policy for their pastor.
January 7, 2010
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Closing Well - Continuing Strong
This very practical tool walks pastors, their spouses, and church councils through the season all pastors experience as they retire from ministry.