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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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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?
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.
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.
April 16, 2020
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4 Priorities for Vacant Churches in a Pandemic
Many churches without permanent pastors are coping quite well during the pandemic. Here are four priorities and one virtue exhibited by the churches coping best.