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By Anna Olson
By Anna Olson
By Miguel Escobar
ECF is looking to hear from part-time clergy of small congregations as part of a focus group. Program staff wish to hear the critical challenges that part-time clergy of small congregations face in the areas of strategic planning, leadership, and financial resources and to learn what are the areas of greatest need, what types of resources would be most helpful, and what are existing sources of support for part-time clergy of small congregations.
By Miguel Escobar
ECF is looking to hear from part-time clergy of small congregations as part of a focus group. Program staff wish to hear the critical challenges that part-time clergy of small congregations face in the areas of strategic planning, leadership, and financial resources and to learn what are the areas of greatest need, what types of resources would be most helpful, and what are existing sources of support for part-time clergy of small congregations.
By Susan Elliott
Susan Elliott shares some key takeaways from two online discussions ECF facilitated with part-time clergy of small Episcopal congregations.
By Kevin Spears
Being senior warden is demanding, regard- less of the size of your congregation. In a small congregation, though, the demands are magnified because church staff members are in short supply.
By Bob Honeychurch
Some congregations are vital and alive; others are not. Why?
By Tim Schenck
In the Book of Deuteronomy Moses says to the Israelites, “See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse.” He holds up the entire life of faith and offers his people a choice — to love and serve the Lord their God or to revolt and ignore the command- ments of God. Reflecting upon small church ministry it seems that here, too, there is such a dichotomy. Though I would term it differ- ently: there are blessings and challenges that are unique to the small church experience.
By Herb Gunn
“You are troublemakers,” charged Tom Ray, retired bishop from the Diocese of Northern Michigan, which has been on the forefront of the Total Ministry movement in the Episcopal Church for the past twenty-five years. “This is serious stuff.”
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