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Call For Senior Ministers

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

THE CALL (For Senior Minister) The (Name of Church) __________________________________________________ Church of (Location of Church) _________________________________ belonging to/affiliated with (Type of Church and National Affiliation, if any) _____________________________________________ Church/Denomination being well satisfied with your qualification for ministry and confident that we have been led to you by the Holy Spirit as one whose service will […]

Closure Agreement For Senior Ministers

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CLOSURE AGREEMENT (For Senior Minister) THIS AGREEMENT is entered into this ____ day of __________ A.D. ________ by and between ____________________ (the Minister herein) and ________________________ _______________________________ Church (the Church). RECITALS A. The Minister currently serves as Minister of the ____________________________ Church, located at _______________________________________________. B. The Minister has decided and the Church has agreed […]

Forced Terminations

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Is There A Rulebook On Forced Terminations? By Charles H. Chandler, Executive Director After facilitating a session of participants’ stories at a Healthy Transitions Wellness Retreat, I was asked, “Is there a rulebook on forced termination?” He had observed the similar “dynamics” or “rules” in the stories. At every retreat the participants are amazed at […]

The Dozen ‘Ifs’ Of Power

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The Dozen “Ifs” of Power 1. If you think you don’t have it, you don’t. 2. If they think you don’t have it, you don’t. 3. If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it. 4. If you don’t claim it, someone else will. 5. If it’s the wrong kind, it won’t last forever. 6. If […]

Ministers’ Children

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What Happens to the Minister’s Children By Nancy E. Waldo, MTM Ministry Assistant One of the most painful questions we hear from ministers and spouses who are going through forced termination is, “Will our children ever recover from the damage?” This is emotional, spiritual and character damage we’re talking about. Here are some thoughts about […]

Making Smart Decisions

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How To Make Smart Decisions Success is largely a matter of making wise choices. As F.W. Boreham said, “We make our decisions and then they make us.” That’s why every decision has an element of risk to it. We can’t always predict the outcome. Are you dealing with any difficult decisions these days? Try following […]

Email From A Pastor’s Wife

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Email From a Pastor’s Wife [7th April, 2001] After 28 years as a minister’s wife who has shared ministry with my husband in the Uniting Church (first the Methodist church), for me it is a unique role because of the expectations that you put upon yourself and also the expectations that people in the congregations […]

Offering Plate Rules

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-051 (Leadership Issues) OFFERING PLATE RULES by Terry Mattingly The pastor preferred to spend the moments just before the main Sunday service in prayer. But the two men who knocked on his door were leaders in his conservative church, and they insisted that their mission was urgent. What they said ended up […]

Questions For Battered Clergy

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A Reflection by Geraldine Hawkins Comments by Rowland Croucher Have you ever noticed that many Christians have a habit that is extremely abusive? They will provoke you to righteous anger and then turn around and condemn you for being angry! I am a refugee from a large Episcopal church in downtown New York where the […]

Call And Response: The Word And The World

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 1-053 CALL AND RESPONSE: THE WORD AND THE WORLD From ‘Sunrise Sunset’ (HarperCollins/Harper San Francisco), Rowland Croucher’s book of daily meditations. Feel free to use or adapt it. Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ And I said, ‘Here am […]

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