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4 Steps for Launching a New Ministry Initiative
Are you looking at launching new initiatives, especially post-Covid? If so, here are four basic steps for launching any program or initiative well.
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May 7, 2021
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Ideas for Robust Debrief and Ministry Reflection
Great tips for assessing whether your ministries and initiatives are really doing what you hoped they would.
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.
March 12, 2021
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The First Through the Wall
The realization was sobering: Before I even opened my mouth, I was presenting a new paradigm to the church. This was a perspective I hadn't considered before.
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?
February 23, 2021
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Church Now Conversation With David Fitch (March 11)
This conversation will be helpful to pastors and leaders who want to engage a world that doesn't want to engage the church.
February 18, 2021
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What Is of "First Importance" To All of Us?
Those men will never forget the welcome sight of their foreman as he emerged from the doorway. His return meant not only that he was safe, but their lives were saved too.
February 7, 2021
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Where We Are 25 Years After Ordaining Women as Pastors
How far have we come in women’s ordination? The answer depends.
January 17, 2021
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Pilgriming
I read an article last week in which the author posited we should see this new year as a sort of pilgrimage, and I very much like that imagery.
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 16, 2020
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This Is Glory? Not in Our Imagination
Isaiah tells us that in Jesus the glory of God will be revealed. But something seems wrong with the glory God reveals.
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!
December 6, 2020
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Institutional Intelligence
Attached to this post is a chapter-by-chapter summary of the book Institutional Intelligence by Gordon Smith.
November 30, 2020
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A Connections Mindset Kind of Love
Loving our colleagues that we work with each day can happen with little effort. But what about those we’ve never actually met? How do we love them?
November 24, 2020
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Online/Virtual Heidelberg Catechism Class?
Is there a CRC-approved Heidelberg Catechism class that I can take online/virtually?
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 12, 2020
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Healthy Remembering and Resilience: How the Past Can Lead to a Hopeful Future
Individuals and churches in the last third of their lifetime can both benefit from a healthy evaluation of the past.
October 31, 2020
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Making Connections For Ministry
Faith Formation Ministries has tried to embody the Connections Mindset since day one. Read how the team keeps this mindset in the forefront of their work.
October 31, 2020
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Growing Into the Connections Mindset
The Connections Mindset is still a fairly new way of thinking for us, but the shift is well underway. But why did we make this shift anyway?
October 27, 2020
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Living the Call - Servant Leadership (October 2020)
Look inside for updates from the Candidacy Committee, Chaplaincy and Care Ministry, Pastor Church Resources, and Raise Up Global Ministries.
October 21, 2020
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Lifestyle Standards for Volunteers?
Have any churches implemented "lifestyle standards" for volunteers?
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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Ministry on a Human Scale
Listen in on Reverend Mandy Smith’s story of learning to boast in weakness and join the conversation as we reimagine how we can minister as, and to, humans.
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.
October 5, 2020
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Cynefin at Work in One Congregation
A story of how one congregation used a decision making framework to help them find a bit of clarity for their decisions in a ministry world turned upside down.