Reflections & Research:
Pastoral Transitions
November 10, 2020
Frankly planning for roadblocks is an advantage for pastors
iStock / Sorbetto Church leaders can remain focused on their goals by anticipating challenges, naming them, and preparing for them, writes a managing director of Leadership Education at Duke Divinity. This has been a year of roadblocks and challenges — one after another. And they just keep coming. Sometimes they pop up out of nowhere […]
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Kenneth Young: There’s a better way to manage pastoral transitions
What if we imagined pastoral transitions as a relay race, in which each leader passes the baton to the next? asks a Baptist pastor.
read moreabout Kenneth Young: There’s a better way to manage pastoral transitionsMarch 31, 2020
Nathan Kirkpatrick: Our rituals will change this year
A holy season marked by pandemic can still bear witness to hope, peace and faith.
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February 18, 2020
Excerpt: ‘Planning Sabbaticals: A Guide for Congregations and Their Pastors’
In this excerpt from his recent book, author Robert C. Saler writes about pastoral sabbaticals as a time of reinvigoration and reflection for both church leaders and their congregations. Saler directs the Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs and the Center for Pastoral Excellence at Christian Theological Seminary.
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