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Posted in Contracting and Negotiating Before Beginning, Denomination Related, Governance, Leadership Development, Managing Expectations Tagged with

8 min 14 s

Rev. Lynn Carman Bodden

  • Why taking an interim job outside of your home denomination can make you a more effective interim minister
  • Taking a job outside your home denomination can expand your marketability
  • Tips for learning the polity of a different denomination
  • Tips for managing the differing expectations and cultures of other denominations
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Posted in Boundaries, Contracting and Negotiating Before Beginning, Entering and Engaging the Congregation, Pastoral Care, Preaching, Self-Care, Worship Tagged with

14 min 15 s

Rev. Quentin Chin

  • Thinking about what else I can do as a bi-vocational pastor
  • What is the congregation’s obligation to the pastor in terms of fair pay?
  • Setting healthy boundaries for time worked as a bi-vocational pastor
  • Get agreement on expectations ahead of time
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Posted in Boundaries, Church Decline, Church Growth & Vitality, Leadership Development, Managing Expectations, Pastoral Care, Preaching, Volunteers Tagged with

10 min 58 s

Rev. Quentin Chin

  • Helping the congregation think realistically about part-time ministry
  • Reframing part-time ministry from loss to gain
  • Ideas for how to lead Confirmation, preaching, etc., in new ways
  • Is attending church suppers considered “work” for the pastor? If so, how to negotiate that
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