When I first entered the full-time pastorate almost 28 years ago the average tenure of a Pastor in the Church of the Nazarene (COTN) was 1.5 years. These days, they tell me, we are up to over 3 years. I have been at my current assignment for 6 years. I have observed large Churches who [...]
I have not posted Monday Musings for a while. Today, as I was thinking about the major transition that the Church of the Nazarene is facing, I was thinking about what I call Firehouse Management. There are many ways to manage an organization. One way is to wait until a problem or crisis [...]
Dr. Harold Curl wrote a paper related to this question: http://www.nazarene.org/files/docs/Reflections%20on%20the%20Person%20and%20Position%20of%20the%20District%20Superintendent.pdf He mentions 3 types of leadership styles beginning on page 3: “Type one takes the pastoral role in relation to the pastor and congregations of his district.” “Type two is more administrative.” “Type three is the person whose primary orientation is to the fellowship [...]
My intention was always to make this blog a resource for anyone interested in the future of the Nazarene Church. The research has focused on the emerging church, the Nazarene Future, Regionalism, Nazarene Church history and new Global Manual, making disciples, missional ideas and action, and any other resource that speaks to the continuation, [...]
What a marvelous story on the NCNNews website .(http://www.ncnnews.com/nphweb/html/ncn/article.jsp?sid=10000023&id=10009106) in which 193 new ministers were ordained. This included 30 women ministers. I mention this to point out something about how they were able to do this. “The unprecedented size of the group required two sitting general superintendents and two general superintendents emeriti to complete the [...]
David McClung, on his website/blog, gives his ideas for changing the governmental structure of the Church of the Nazarene based on his many, many years of being a turn-around manager in businesses. “The renewed organization might look something like this: 1. One General Superintendent whose primary role would be vision casting. 2. Thirteen Regions, each [...]