Leadership
Church attendance and music
A friend wrote in message . If you have not seen Sheep Comics before they are worth a look. This one is on music styles ……………. http://www.sheepcomics.com/strips/Divide/Divide.htm And yet, and yet… the reality is that we live in a commercially-driven consumer culture, with sub-cultures (and their distinctive music tastes) multiplying with each generation… On Sunday I […]
Spiritual Safeguards & healthy Spiritual Practices
from http://www.factnet.org/Spiritual_Safeguards.htm?FACTNet ********************************** Warning signs and “reality tests” for unhealthy or dangerous spiritual practices: Make off all items that apply to the spiritual practices being evaluated. [I have marked WITH AN x all the ones I found in my 25 years in institutional churches. These include a variety of pentecostal, charismatic, fundamentalist and evangelical churches […]
Interview Questions For A Prospective Youth Pastor
What do you feel are the most important issues facing youth today? From your experience, what do you believe are the most important issues the corps youth are facing at the moment How would you confront those issues? What is your vision for the youth group in the long term? What do you believe are […]
Code Of Ethics – First Draft [4]
4. RELATIONSHIPS HEALTHY SPIRITUALITY AND ‘HOLINESS’ – RELATING TO GOD Because pastors and leaders inevitably model how we should all be relating to God, they will set an example in living a life of love, practising private prayer, study of the Scriptures, and commitment to spiritual disciplines – including public worship. In terms of Christian […]
A Pastor Is…
A Pastor Is. A pastor is an unusual person, indeed! He gets his assignments from a voice no one else can hear. He works for a bonus check that is only legal and tender in heaven. He starts his day in the prayer closet instead of the wardrobe closet. He climbs the ladder of success […]
Tradition Gone Bad: Two Stories
I’m reading back copies of Christian Century. Where two or more are gathered, there are factions, as Paul noted in 1 Corinthians. How about these two stories from one issue (January 6 – 13, 1999). ~~~ A young rabbi found a serious problem in his new congregation. During the Friday service, half the congregation stood […]
Ministry And Gifts
From a netfriend: The challenge might be as simple as trying to understand , as indicated in Matthew 5:43-48, why Father God is willing to bestow his blessings on both the righteous and the unrighteous. We wouldn’t operate such an economy but then we aren’t God either. For example, how DOES one explain a William […]
Teamwork
Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together. – Vista M. Kelly
Anglicans: Archbishop Of Canterbury’s Resolution
ACC-12 AFFIRMS ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY’S RESOLUTION From Margaret Rodgers at ACC-12 in Hong Kong 24 September 2002 ACC members strongly affirmed the resolution moved by the Archbishop of Canterbury that called for individual dioceses in the Anglican Communion not to take unilateral action or adopt policies that would strain ‘our communion with one another’ without […]
Pastors’ Code Of Ethics (September 2003)
BAPTIST UNION OF VICTORIA PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND CODE OF ETHICS FOR PASTORS (Latest Draft. Amended 21st September 2003) CONTENTS Preamble Christian Ministry Baptist Beliefs 1. Pastors and the Church 2. The ‘Call’ to Ministries of Pastoral Care and Leadership 3. Integrity and Professional Standards of Ministry 4. Relationships 5. Laws – Church and State Sources, […]
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