Welcome/Table of Contents
The Ministerial Director
General Job Description
Getting Started
Transition into a Ministerial Director
Talk Candidly With Your Conference President
Develop Your Own Concrete Sense of Your Work
Meet With Your Union Ministerial Director
Connect With Other Ministerial Directors in Your Union
Establishing/Building Relationships With Your Pastors
Pick Out Two or Three "Startup Tasks"
Pay Special Attention to Your Own Family Early On
Grieve What You Are Losing and Embrace What You Are Gaining
Are You a Pastor or Administrator?
Juggling Multiple Hats
Managing Your Own Spiritual Life
Ministerial Director Ethics
Resources/Books
Relating to Conference Administration
Boundaries & Freedoms
Committee Assignments
Confidentiality Issues
Advocating for Pastors
Pastoral Care of Pastors and Their Families
Visiting Pastors and Their Families
Counseling/Urgent & Crisis Management
Ideas for Affirming/Encouraging Pastors
Aging/Retirement Preparation
Ministry to Single Pastors
When Both Spouses are Pastors
Relocation/Moving
Sabbaticals
Southeastern California Conference
Continuing Education
CE for Yourself
CE For Pastors
Adventist Learning Community
Logistics
Mission/Vision/Values for Pastors & Churches
Sermon/Preaching Record
Scheduling/Calendar
Networking
Developing a Working Plan
Checklist for Pastors
Vetting Questions
Needed Databases
Self-Evaluation
Staffing Formulas
Pastoral Search Committee Process
Micro to Macro View
Pastoral Development
Ethical Leadership
HIPAA Privacy Guidelines
Pastoral Internship
What is Internship For?
How Long Will It Be?
What Will It Be Like?
Dealing with the Distance Between Expectation and Reality
Intern Family Experience
Financial Planning
Ordination-Commissioning Committee
Pre-ordination-commissioning/Intern Development Models/Practices
Ordination-Commissioning Resources
Pity the Poor Intern!
Evangelism Leadership for the Ministerial Director
Potential Traps/Danger Points for the Ministerial Director
Pastoral Invterviews/Hiring
Pastoral Evaluations
Pastoral Discipline
Pastoral Moves
Pastoral Terminations
Dealing with HR
Specialized Resources for Ministerial Directors
Interviewing Best Practices
NAD Ministerial Directors Listing
Resources for the New Ministerial Director
Pastoral Moves
Links to additional Information
Bible Workers
Relating to your Union and NAD Ministerial Counterparts
SagePage/FAQ Listing
Submit a question
Submit a sage response
Questionable pastoral moves
Mic Thurber
When you can't be an advocate
Bryce Pascoe
Mic Thurber
Helping a pastor interview well
Bryce Pascoe
Submit a Resource