Located in Harlem, New York City, City Seminary of New York seeks in its five-year grant to support its Thriving in Ministry Initiative project. This is an effort to cultivate an expansive community of pastoral practice across often disconnected ministries and church traditions in the metropolitan area. Through collaborative inquiry and praxis reflection groups, spiritual direction retreats, portraiture, and annual gatherings, City Seminary hopes to connect pastors in similar and different seasons of ministry to a community of support and encouragement. The project proposes to nurture clergy faith and spirituality, invite clergy to listen to their congregational members, explore the importance of their family and intergenerational interactions, and make space for them to reflect on their congregation’s mission and purpose in a complex and ever-changing urban setting. City Seminary will incorporate project activities into its ongoing graduate and non-degree programs and its operating budget. The overarching vision is to make Thriving in Ministry part of the fabric of our seminary life now and into the future.
Thriving in Ministry
New York, New York
Seminary or School of Theology
Non-denominational
Associate Pastors
Bi-vocational/Multi-vocational/Part-time
Black/African American/African diaspora
Church planters
Clergy couples
Early Career
Ecumenical/Interdenominational
Hispanic/Latino/a/x
Intentional Interim pastors
Late Career
Men
Mid-Career
Millenials in ministry
Multi-cultural contexts
Multi-lingual context
Retiring
Senior Pastors
Urban
White
Women
Asian/Asian American/Pacific Islander