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Inspire 2022 Workshop: Simple Sabotage
How do you deal with sabotage as your congregation looks to make its God-given difference?
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November 8, 2021
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Pastors: Special Student Loan Grant Now Accepting Applications
Applications are now being accepted for student loan relief grants from Financial Shalom! Ordained CRCNA pastors are invited to apply.
November 2, 2021
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Bivocational Pastors: Fellowship Now Accepting Applications for 2022
Applications are now being accepted for the 2022 cohort of the Bivocational Growth Fellowship. CRCNA pastors are invited to apply.
August 9, 2021
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The Power of Likability: A Lesson in Leadership from Ted Lasso
For the longest time, I considered my desire to “be liked” a liability. A weakness. But watching the hit series Ted Lasso has caused me re-think this.
April 7, 2021
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Financial Shalom Resource Roundup (April 2021)
Financial Shalom provides grants to help pastors get training, tools, and resources to strengthen the financial education of them and their churches.
February 24, 2021
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Challenges of Leading During COVID?
Are you in a leadership role at your church? What is something you have found challenging about leading at this time?
January 6, 2021
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4 x 4 Leadership Essentials: Hope
To take their congregation on a journey of fresh steps in ministry and mission, pastors need to practice 4 x 4 leadership essentials. The first 4 x4 leadership essential is hope.
December 6, 2020
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Attention, Bivocational Pastors!
Financial Shalom seeks to support current or potential bivocational pastors through a new program called the Bivocational Growth Fellowship. Learn more and apply!
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?
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 8, 2020
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Stop, Look, and Listen: Attentiveness in a COVID-Shaped World
In a season where distractions are everywhere for pastors and leaders, our need to practice the spiritual discipline of attentiveness is critical.
September 25, 2020
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Pastors: Is It Time for Continuing Education?
Wouldn’t it be nice to take some time for your learning and growth over the winter? To set yourself up for that possibility a season from now, consider applying for Continuing Education grant soon.
August 25, 2020
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Proven Practices for Those Who Lead Teams That Flourish
Memo to pastors who lead teams: those dedicated people who serve on your church staff are not just there to help YOU succeed!
March 18, 2020
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Self Care for Spiritual Leaders in the Era of COVID-19
In times of trauma, people look to their spiritual leaders for care and support. The more pain spiritual leaders encounter, the more they pour themselves into ministry and the less they pay attention to their own well-being.
March 6, 2019
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GOOOOOOOAAAL!
Setting and accomplishing goals, especially in the context of ministry, can be challenging! If you add accountability and an incentive you are much more likely to accomplish your goal.
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.
March 15, 2018
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Shall We Do It Again?
Women clergy and seminarians respond to an invitation to a gathering in the Grand Rapids denominational office. Twenty women showed up ready to receive from each other and the Holy Spirit.
November 26, 2017
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Three Types of Mentoring Relationships
Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Vmware, identifies three mentoring relationships that were crucial to the success of his career. What do you like most about Gelsinger's types? In what ways do you relate to these types in your own life?
July 30, 2017
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What Happens to the Pastor After a Church Closes?
There is grief in the closing of a church — for the parishioners and for the pastor. Allow space for grief, allow space for loss, and allow freedom to let the pastor move forward in serving God’s kingdom.
December 20, 2016
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January Leadership Learning Opportunity in Iowa
You're invited to a one-day learning event at Crossroads CRC in Des Moines, IA, focused on helping local church leaders and pastors find unique yet practical ideas to bring health and growth to their church.
April 5, 2016
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Willfulness: "Not Your Will Be Done, but We Insist That Ours Be Done."
What is willfulness? What are some characteristics of willfulness in a leader?
August 17, 2015
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What Do We Do with August?
I’m ready to go. I’m refreshed and ready but it doesn’t seem the church is ready. Everyone is still on “summer” mode. What do I do with August?
March 12, 2015
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Learning Together: Church Renewal Learning Laboratory
As a result of being a church pastor in the same church for sixteen years, I have come to the conclusion that the DNA of church planting is in alignment with the DNA of church renewal...
August 27, 2014
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Was Paul an Effective Church Leader?
There is no question whether the apostle Paul had the gifts to be a powerful and effective evangelist, but the skills of an evangelist are different from those of a church leader.
July 17, 2014
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Creating a Missional Culture: Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World
This book presents an alternative model for churches, from its leadership structure to its mobilization of the laity, that hopes to recreate the church Jesus and the apostles cultivated: a church not chasing the wind but rather going into the world and making disciples of Jesus.