Category: Congregations

  • March 10, 2011
    This time, when you communicate with the session, you are inviting them to have a conversation with their pastor as…

  • March 2, 2011
    In corresponding with the session for this quarter's emphasis, you need to be mindful that the family of a pastor…

  • February 24, 2011
    In preparation for the next presbytery meeting, you need to prepare a graph for all the commissioners. The graph looks…

  • February 23, 2011
    During this first quarter, the COM should also have some communication with the pastor of the participating congregation about caring…

  • February 22, 2011
    Once you have raised the awareness of the challenge of ministry and its demands through a presbytery event, then you…

  • February 21, 2011
    Most congregations don't deliberately set out to be unsupportive of a pastor. When it is raised to their consciousness, they…

  • February 18, 2011
    HEALTHY CLERGY MAKE HEALTHY CONGREGATIONS. That is the message I would like see infuse our congregations across our denomination. It…

  • February 17, 2011
    At the end of WWII, congregations joined with the changing culture of society to institutionalize and professionalize ministry. Our denominations…

  • January 24, 2011
    At the same retreat that I mentioned on Friday, I also led a session on how to guide a congregation…

  • January 19, 2011
    When a pastor is speaking hard truths to a congregation, s/he needs to recognize several things. First, there is a…