The State of Mentoring in the CRCNA
A summary of key learnings from the 2020 survey of newly-ordained ministers' experiences being mentored.
This is a public forum to share ideas, ask questions, and reflect on being a pastor in the CRC.
A summary of key learnings from the 2020 survey of newly-ordained ministers' experiences being mentored.
This "CRC Re-Opening Conversation Starters" serves as a template for churches to begin conversations regarding re-opening. This document was distributed classis-wide in Wisconsin.
My father was ordained as an evangelist. Though he served under a different title, the work he did is not that much different from what I do as a minister of the Word.
“The extremely long pastorates of our day place a great strain on many a congregation and especially upon its minister.”That comment may sound familiar, but it is not new.
A while back I was at a classis leadership event and noticed that most of the presenters were not “home grown”. It got me wondering whether something ought to be done about it.
Recently I was encouraged to read Growing the Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit, a book I probably would not have picked up on my own. The title set off my warning bells. Exactly why that is, I’m not even sure I know myself. Somehow I feared gimmickry or formula or an unspiritual pragmatism. But I read it, and I want to recommend it...