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Leading others in spirituality can make it easier for leaders to forget their own spiritual health. Here is a tool to help facilitate conversation and prayer on spiritual health.
Planning is underway for the CRC's Black and Reformed Leadership Network 2020 gathering at Maranatha Conference Center in Muskegon, MI.
I joined others to witness God's faithfulness through a series of events at a recent Witness for Women gathering in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was an informative, engaging, and worshipful experience!
For Tatiana (Taty) Hernandez, her life was changed forever and her call to missional leadership solidified as a result of a smile from a young man living in the streets of her Guatemala City neighborhood.
Look inside for updates from the Candidacy Committee, Chaplaincy and Care Ministry, Leadership Diversity, Pastor Church Resources, and The Network.
I'd like to suggest that, in many regions, starting more Bible colleges is not the most helpful approach, and in some cases it might actually hinder us from achieving our goal of educating more African pastors.
Students and youth are capable of way more than the church gives them credit for. It’s time to let our students do what we have trained them to do.
Best Christian Workplaces Institute is an employee engagement ministry "dedicated to helping Christian leaders and organizations achieve their full potential." Here are some great resources they have shared.
We do not have to fear being a servant or being a leader. Jesus is our model of a servant leader. How do we fully embrace servant leadership in every aspect of life?
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.
This resource, created by the RCA, is a 4-session study on God's vision for flourishing ministry partnerships between men and women. Check it out!
What are some factors that help men and women in ministry flourish together in their leadership roles? We'd love to help your ministry explore this question (and more!) to create a more hospitable environment.
In this short interview, Dr. Steve Timmermans, Executive Director of the CRCNA, reflects on the refocused expectations of deacons laid out by Synod 2015.
As Reformed Christians, how do we define the boundary between work and ministry and non-work? Can this be done? Should it?
I would like your input about ways you, churches, and/or classes support women leaders and ordained women to share with Calvin Seminary students.
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.
We've launched a website and created a brochure to make information easy to access! In addition, we are looking for women in leadership in the CRC to join a network of other women. Are you interested?
In Samuel's 'State of the Union' address, he asked: "Whose ox have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed?" The answer, from all of Israel, was an affirmation of Samuel's integrity.
Much has been written to praise and critique Alan Hirsch’s book 5Q; Reactivating the Original Intelligence and Capacity of the Body of Christ. Despite what is being said, I find Hirsch to be particularly compelling on a couple points.
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.
Our church and world need examples of women flourishing in ministry, joyfully and effectively fulfilling their callings in advancing the kingdom.
How many activities can an average church member be expected to do? The easy answer is "it depends." The better answer is to find out what the situation is for your congregation.
Crossroads Prison Ministry tested Discover Ruth with a group of recently released inmates. Here is what happened.
A “partnership with” model of power is not about being nice, nor does it come about overnight. We start with safe spaces where we can talk about the construction of gender roles, power differentials, and the changing social values.
On Sept 22, 140 congregational leaders gathered in Brampton, ON for an all day workshop led by LA-based Tod Bolsinger, author of Canoeing the Mountains. Would your region be blessed by a workshop?