Jan Edmiston recently wrote a blog post about bi-vocational ministry, which has really resonated with me and many colleagues. For those unfamiliar, bi-vocational (or multi-vocational) ministry is where a person pastoring a church is less than full-time, and works one or more non-church job in addition to their ministry responsibilities. Jan’s post is speaking toContinue reading “The Needs of Bi-Vocational Ministry”
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Yes, Your Church Needs a Pastoral Relations Committee
A few months ago, I stood in a room of 30 or so young United Church of Christ clergy. I was there to lead a presentation about call agreements, that document in our church tradition that in other places is better known as a contract: the terms to which minister and ministry setting agree atContinue reading “Yes, Your Church Needs a Pastoral Relations Committee”
This Ecclesiastical Argument Could Have Been an Email
I wonder what exactly Christians believe they’re accomplishing when they argue about liturgical doctrine during a pandemic. In early 2020, many of the church practices that we knew and loved couldn’t be done in the same way—not safely, anyway. I was pastoring a church at the time, and we, like most others, moved to anContinue reading “This Ecclesiastical Argument Could Have Been an Email”
