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.
Lessons on Developing Young Leaders: Four Keys Towards Innovation
A discussion with six Latin@ leaders on some practical ideas for and challenges faced in developing young leaders in the church.
How People Change
2019 Cultivating Vital Worship | Session
Mentoring Young Worship Leaders in the Church
2019 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Seminar
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A Community That Affirms
A peer preaching group changed the course of a student’s seminary journey—and her ministry path.