How a Coaching process works

Feeling alone during a life changing transition is not uncommon and can be overwhelming. 
So making these transitions as smooth and infrequent as possible will not only save you 
ministry it may save your marriage and family. This article is an interesting review from the web: purposefilledlife (dot) com

"61% of pastors today say they have no one to talk with about their personal lives and ministry. I can honestly say that in the first 10 years of ministry confidants were very difficult to find. It only takes one person to break your confidence and you'll think twice about "sharing your life". If that's concerning to you, take a look at the shocking statistics of pastors throughout North America in our article "Leadership Under Fire" (PDF). Out of the 365,000 pastors in the US, 55,000 are in transition every year. That's 150-200 pastors a day dealing with change in a very real way! Why is this happening? Should we be alarmed? Isn't that just the way ministry is? Isn't that what you signed up for? What's the big deal? We'll if your a pastor...it's definitely a big deal. Try moving your family around a few times in 12 years. I know from personal experience the joy, stress, anxiety and excitement of moving away from one ministry and moving into another. From one city to another, one state to another and even one denomination to another. Transitions are very vulnerable times for pastors, their spouses and their families. Feeling alone during a life changing transition is not uncommon and can be overwhelming. So making these transitions as smooth and infrequent as possible will not only save your ministry it may save your marriage and family."
Continue the article in the next post or see more: http://www.purposefilledlife.com/coach-pastors.html

Churches Create Gas Company

Some churches in Germany have gas. And they're looking to compete with local companies to help the community deal with sky-high energy prices. Here's what the chairman of the society of churches had to say:

"At first we want to concentrate on supplying gas to our parishes and to charitable and social organizations here in Baden-Wuerttemberg. If that works out well, we'll be glad to welcome others from outside who will increase our purchasing capacity."

So how do they do it? They simply work with gas suppliers and cut out the middle man to provide cheaper gas. They're in this for charity, not for windfall profits.

I guess 10% off your gas bill is a good incentive for church membership, but going head-to-head with local business might be a bit foolish. I don't know whether to call genius or foolery on this one, but I wouldn't be too upset if a local church could give me a good deal on gasoline. 

(link via Monday Morning Insight)

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Ministry vs. Business

How does your church toe the line between business and ministry? Some churches are corporate wannabes, other churches are rebels against a corporate mindset, but here was a school of thought I found interesting.

Google, in a completely unrelated search, took me to What Every Non-Profit Can Learn From a For-Profit (Powerpoint or HTML). Those of you eager to learn from the corporate world are probably salivating just from reading the title. Well, it's an outline from the CEO of Kanakuk Kamps regarding the way they run their organization, and it's got some pretty great gems. 

Here are a few regarding business and ministry:

• Kanakuk's "mix" is 51% ministry and 49% business
• All decisions must follow this commitment
• Ministry is fueled by business operations, not dependent on donations
• Business is always second to a ministry application

Continue reading "Ministry vs. Business"

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