Credentials for ministry leaders: make it coached

I’ve been working with a few groups on ways to revamp their credentialing or ordination process– essentially, how to prepare ministers for ministry. This week on my blog I’m reflecting on some of my general thoughts in this topic. Some form of coaching or...

Credentials for ministry leaders: make it clear

I’ve been working with a few groups on ways to revamp their credentialing or ordination process– essentially, how to prepare ministers for ministry. This week on my blog I’m reflecting on some of my general thoughts in this topic. The first thing that’s critical...

A boring question that’s really creative

A few weeks ago I joked to the missional church group I lead that we were going to start with a really creative question this time. Then I went on to ask the same question we open the group with every week: “How did you experience God this week?” Every single week we...