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Below are a set of questions for a ministerial couple who do not have children. If you have not read…

Below are 27 questions that you should place on individual 3 x 5 cards and shuffle them so that there…

When was the last time that you had a fairly indepth conversation about your experience of ministry? If you have…

I want to build on yesterday’s discussion about how a church behaves when expectations of leaders are not met. First,…

I recently talked to a pastor about a negative termination experience at a church. It recalled for me several times…

When a clergy person or a prominent church leader engages in activity that betrays the trust of the congregation, it…

It is difficult for either clergy or congregations to raise the question of boundaries. For the clergy, being asked to…

One of the sadder realities of the change in ministry is the necessity of reviewing our boundaries with respect to…

One of the great quanderies that has evolved in ministry is how to set boundaries in interpersonal relationships. This ranges…

Most churches do not choose to be harmful to the pastor’s family life. As a body they would probably agree…