Organizational Leadership
The College for Bishops Leadership Institute was established to provide educational resources for new bishops as well as trending information resources for all bishops. Organizational Leadership focuses on specific resources related to essential leadership skills:
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Communication
Being Church in a Pandemic: Annual Meetings Go Virtual
Annual meetings are a big deal. They are the very place where necessary actions can be undertaken to keep the congregation’s common life and witness moving forward. Even during COVID – or perhaps especially during COVID – it’s a great idea to start planning ahead and thinking about how and in what ways to hold your upcoming annual meeting.
Helping Christians with Mental Health Issues Starts with Better Language
In the pandemic, churches may find that more and more congregants are struggling with mental health issues, but Christians haven’t always been the best at talking about mental health. How might Christians be more careful with their language around mental health and push past stigma to actually listen to people with mental health issues?
“Sorry To See You Go”: What Unsubscribing Has Taught Me About Church Emails
As many of us struggle to clean up email inboxes by unsubscribing to unwanted newsletters, it is informative to consider what value our church communications and emails offer to those who read them. It's a campaign-email version of the golden rule: send unto others as you would have them send to you.
10 Questions to Ask Your Congregation Before You Reopen
“When can we reopen our church?” That is the question that keeps getting asked. Here are some questions to consider (as well as options for congregational surveys) to help make an informed decision. This brief article also includes a lengthy list of additional articles and resources.
A CARING Model for Pastoral Conversations
Most parishioners value a minister’s ability to guide them toward their goals and dreams or to solve their problems. CARING teaches a basic introductory framework for pastoral conversations that helps persons achieve their goals or solve their problems. Here is an overview of the ministry process designed to help you have powerful, effective, and spiritual conversations that help your congregants find solutions to their problems and move toward their dreams.
Preach Like TED
TED Talks are watched 1.2 billion times a year! While TED Talks are not sermons, they are public addresses; and their staggering popularity reveals that the public still hungers for people to speak passionately about an idea. Since we have been called by God to communicate the most transforming message in history, we must continually work at honing our craft. I can’t think of a better way to do that than to learn why TED Talks are so insanely popular.
Bulletin do’s & don’ts
Weekly print bulletins remain a stable in most church communities but are often not effective in relaying necessary information. Courageous Storytellers, offering both free and member resources for church communicators, suggests these guidelines for what to do and what not to do in church bulletins. Or, go a step further and consider these ideas, also from Courageous Storytellers, for moving away from print to an online bulletin.