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Gauging Your Congregation's Health: The Healthy Church Executive Survey
In the conversation about the church health, 22 key questions can provide lots of good information.
David Den Haan
Church:
About Me:
I live in Jenison, Michigan, and have been a CRC pastor for almost twenty five years. I now work for Pastor Church Resources as a ministry consultant. My wife, Connie, and I have three grown children.
Interests:
Conversation. Woodworking. Gardening.
June 11, 2019
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A New Resource to Help Churches Support Grieving Pastors
A new resource for blessing your pastor when your pastor is struck by tragedy and grief.
May 1, 2019
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Getting off to a Great Start: Welcoming Your New Pastor
An elder's email question turns into a conversation at Pastor Church Resources about churches that receive new pastors.
March 19, 2019
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Regional Pastors Bookshelf: The New Copernicans
“Where have all the young adults gone?” If you are a regional pastor, or a resource and friend to the pastors of your classis, this book has helpful insights on the young adults of our culture.
January 23, 2019
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Get Out!
What happens when five pastors of established churches decide to get out of their offices?
December 13, 2018
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I Loved Preaching...Or So I Had Been Telling Myself
Leaving congregational ministry after twenty three years led to two "Aha!" moments and an important reminder.
October 25, 2018
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Do You Know What You're Doing?
Elders and deacons sometimes enter their work with great eagerness but little awareness of what they are supposed to do. What comes next? Frustration.
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John, if I understand you correctly, your council is accustomed to asking for a majority vote from the congregation when there is a simple yes/no decision at hand (budget, salaries, building...
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Here at Fairway CRC in Jenison, Michigan, we will hold a "Trunk or Treat" event on the Saturday prior to Halloween. On October 28 we'll have a couple dozen cars/pickup trucks lined up for kids--...
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