{"id":25669,"date":"2025-07-25T22:47:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=25669"},"modified":"2025-07-25T22:48:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:48:20","slug":"ministry-office-new-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/ministry-office-new-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry Office provides new resources for congregations and ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Nancy Sollenberger Heishman, Ministry Office<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New resources recently posted by the Ministry Office offer support to congregations and leaders by interpreting the concept of a shared ministry team model. In some congregations lacking a settled pastor, new life and energy have emerged from reclaiming a traditional Brethren team-focused approach to providing pastoral leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stories of congregations using this model have been posted for some time on the webpage titled \u201cShared Ministry Model\u201d<\/strong> at www.brethren.org\/ministryoffice\/shared-ministry-model<\/a>. The newest story comes from the Springfield (Ill.) First Church of the Brethren, which has found the model to be invigorating, hopeful, and uplifting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another resource is a recording of an equipping session offered at this year\u2019s Annual Conference titled \u201cMany Hands Make Weighty Work Light: A Shared Ministry Model.\u201d<\/strong> Featuring presenters from four congregations, the session describes how such a model strengthens a congregation\u2019s sense of giftedness, its call to discipleship, and mission. Find the recording at www.brethren.org\/ministryoffice\/shared-ministry-model<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Finally, from last year\u2019s Annual Conference in 2024, a recording of a session titled \u201cToolbox for Caring for Your Pastor: Money and Beyond\u201d<\/strong> features two part-time co-pastors sharing how they and the congregation they serve have benefited from using the Shared Ministries Priorities tool. Learn how this tool can strengthen and encourage a healthy and vital partnership between pastor and congregation by viewing the session at www.brethren.org\/webcasts\/archive<\/a>. The tool is an essential part of the Integrated Annual Ministry Agreement found at www.brethren.org\/ministryoffice\/compensation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Credentialed ministers can receive continuing education credits for viewing recorded sessions. Complete the required form at www.brethren.org\/webcasts\/archive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

— Nancy Sollenberger Heishman serves as director of the Ministry Office of the Church of the Brethren.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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