Boundary Leadership: a Video-Based Small Group Curriculum
BOUNDARY LEADERSHIP AT EMORY The past three years of course work and research in the Emory University community have deeply shaped my view of how community is formed and how Continue Reading
Visio Divina
Introduction to Ministry Context The First UMC of Torrington was originally erected in 1843 in downtown Torrington, Connecticut. In 1965 it was moved to its current location a few Continue Reading
When the Pastor leaves: Congregational Grief in Pastoral Transition
Well, there goes another pastor! As the members of First Church woke Sunday morning, they were excited about another Sunday morning worship. This small, rural, aging congregation has had its Continue Reading
Contextual Discipleship: The Bahamian Way
Have you ever been in a situation where you thought, nothing seems to be working? Well, you are not alone. As a Bahamian Anglican priest, this is the thought that Continue Reading
Multicultural Discipleship
DISCIPLESHIP IN A MULTICULTURAL CONGREGATION ABSTRACT This work is a reflection on congregational multiculturalism by the pastor of The Way STL, a congregation in the St. Louis, MO metro Continue Reading
Looking Back to Move Forward
Looking Back to Move Forward: Navigating the Impact of Nostalgia on Church Growth in Rural Methodist Congregations “Do not say, ‘Why were the former days better than these?’ For it is Continue Reading
Moral Preaching In Times Of Racial Crisis
Americans are passing through a complicated time in this nation’s history, a time marked by intellectual and moral chaos and rancor. During such times we need to have conversations about Continue Reading
Worship and Proclamation Post-Disaster and Pre-Recovery
When the storm has passed and the roads are tamed and we are the survivors of a collective shipwreck. ~Alexis Valdes BEFORE… A typical day contained scheduled appointments with people Continue Reading
The 2×3 Collective Impact Initiative
The Myth Exposed The age-old saying that poverty is the fault of those who experience it is far from the truth. That is a myth; better yet, a lie! The Continue Reading
Diverting The Shift of Church Decline
How I Got Here In 2019 I was sitting in the meeting for the commission on statistics and finance, for the General Board of the AME Church, in Atlanta Continue Reading
Protected: When the Human Touch Means So Much…
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