Pastors and Leaders Field Guide-New Pastors: Getting Started

	•	Read “Building the Pastor’s Leadership Team”
	•	Invite your mission center president to partner with you
	•	Invite people to serve on the pastor’s leadership team
	•	Read “Sharing Leadership and Ministry”
	•	Begin conversations with the pastor’s leadership team to establish mutual expectations


	•	Read “What Mission Means”
	•	Read “The Congregation Embodies Christ’s Mission”
	•	Engage the pastor’s leadership team in discerning and planning for mission and ministry priorities

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	•	Read “Pastoring Basics”
	•	Read “Finding Balance and Renewal”
	•	Review Church Administrator’s Handbook 2005 edition (order from www.HeraldHouse.org or download from www.CofChrist.org/policy)
	•	Review key administrative articles in the Pastors and Leaders Field Guide:
		→	“Protecting Our Children”
		→	“Legal Services, Crisis Communication, and Risk Management”
		→	“Leading Congregational Conferences (Business Meetings)”
		→	“Priesthood Calls: Discerning and Processing”
		→	“Missional Budget”
		→	“Congregation Audits”
		→	“Planning and Calendar”
		→	“Communication Is Essential to Effective Ministry”
		→	“Resources: Descriptions and Locations”


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Letter from the Editor
Apostles Linda Booth and Ron Harmon on the Pastors and Leaders Field Guide
New Pastors: Getting Started
Responding to the Call Pastoring Basics The Congregation Embodies Christ’s Mission What Mission Means Exploring Mission Sharing Leadership and Ministry Discovering Our Context for Mission Becoming Sacred Community: A Foundation for Mission Discerning God’s Call for Mission Orienting Mission around the Gifts of All Ages Orienting Congregational Life Toward Mission Building a Pastor’s Leadership Team Caring for the Most Vulnerable Cultivating Individual and Group Spiritual Practices Disciple Formation (Christian Education) for Mission Ecumenical/Interfaith Ministries Finding Balance and Renewal Invitation, Witness, and Hospitality Modeling and Leading Generosity Pastoral Care Ministry Priesthood Ministry: Developing Mutual Expectations Sacraments in a Mission-focused Congregation Scripture in a Mission-focused Congregation Ministry Together with Young Adults Worship Planning Establishing Organizational Effectiveness Communication Is Essential to Effective Ministry Congregational Audits Leading Congregational Conferences (Business Meetings) Legal Services, Crisis Communication, and Risk Management Protecting Our Children Missional Budget Planning and Calendar Priesthood Calls: Discerning and Processing Resources: Descriptions and Locations
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