Leadership

Lessons on Developing Young Leaders: Work Towards Shifting Perspectives and Implementing Change-sustaining Practices

Key 1 of four keys on how to develop young people as leaders in the church from six seasoned Latin@ leaders whose congregations and parachurch groups are leadership incubators for the young people in their communities.

July 25, 2019

Round Three: Ordination Best Practices for Priests, Ministers, Elders, and Deacons

For our final round of ordination resources, we consulted five experts from five more traditions. Their best practices will help you understand the significance of ordaining people as bishops, priests, ministers, elders, and deacons.

March 14, 2019
How Academic Study Intersects with Christian Ministry

Calvin professors across disciplines share how their areas of study intersect with ministry and how their disciplines would complement the Ministry Leadership Cohort program.

February 13, 2019

Five Things I Love about My Preaching Peer Group

A young pastor calls his preaching peer group “a funeral and a pep rally in the same ninety minutes.” Find out why.

February 6, 2019
Duane Kelderman on the Challenge of Preaching in a Fragile Europe

A Dominican preaching colloquium addresses the challenge of preaching in contemporary Europe, where secularism, individualism, and a lack of cultural consensus have given rise to fear, division, and xenophobia.

November 16, 2018
The Role of a Peer Learning Group in My Preaching Journey

God’s message of inclusiveness reaches past the walls that divide us, says Deborah Jungmi Kang, a Korean pastor serving a largely Anglo-American church in Illinois. As Kang develops her preaching voice, a peer learning group provides support.

October 2, 2018

What I Learned through Preaching Partnerships

Fred Provencher has participated in two preaching peer groups in his twenty-plus years of ministry. Read his reflections along with his advice for younger preachers.

October 2, 2018
Yes, And . . .

Experiencing pastoral burnout, Denise Luper began a yearlong leave of absence soon after joining a peer preaching and learning group. The peer group became an important part of her healing process.

September 17, 2018