Reflections & Research:
Pastoral Transitions
September 22, 2015
Pastors don’t have to choose between ministry and management
The church needs leaders who are theologians and CEOs. And seminaries and denominations should prepare pastors to be both, writes an elected member of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board.
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Sacred bundle
Every organization has its “sacred bundle” — the collection of symbols, stories and artifacts that confers identity upon a community and determines its social norms. Woe betide the leader who ignores it. Once upon a time, a pastor’s ministry was subverted by applesauce. This young pastor was appointed to a congregation in my home state, […]
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