Check out some great new resources on this website. Like… All the information from last February’s Rural Ministry Revitalization cluster meetings Some great articles in the Resources section including… Honoring Your Pastor (Pastor Appreciation) The Introverted Leader – an encouraging article about pastors who are not type-A extroverts And a Pastor & Leader Evaluation [...]
Annual Evaluation Time
September 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Annual evaluations have been a part of my life for so many years that this year, I actually counted. As the Regional Leadership Team processed my latest eval, it was the thirty-first consecutive year for that kind of thing. The first twenty-three of them were done when I was a pastor, the last eight as [...]
Workers Needed Now In Minot!
August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The news from Minot is heart rending! An elderly man, living alone, having no way of moving his possessions returns to his flooded home to find absolutely everything ruined. Volunteers from the Martin Baptist Church, Hillside Baptist in Dickinson and Loren Reddig from Minot carried every treasure he owns to the berm – an American flag, [...]
Minot: 4,000 Homes Damaged; Nearly 1,000 Destroyed
July 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
That’s the news. Slowly, Minot residents are accessing their flooded homes. Some will not get to them soon. It’s summer. Mold has taken over every space. The flood water is rancid. The smell is stifling. Head-high piles of debris line the streets. Crews from some of our churches have already been helping First Baptist Church folks gut their [...]
YG 11 Report Plus
July 20, 2011 By 1 Comment
If you’re involved in the region I serve, you probably know that all of the Regional Ministers and wives are in Orange, CA, hanging out with the YG11 youth and staff. In case you’re totally out of the loop, YG11 is the 2011 version of a youth conference our denomination holds every three years. This [...]
