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May 28, 2024 · A sabbatical for clergy might be a new concept for your congregation, so your members may need some educating about what one is, why it is good for the pastor and the congregation, and how it is different from a sabbatical in the academic world (i.e., there’s no expectation of a work product).
May 15, 2024 · Knowing this, a lot of churches build in a one-year clause to the sabbatical policy: the pastor must stay with our congregation for at least a year upon return. Most often, your ministers take sabbatical because they want to stay longer with you, and rest and rejuvenation make that possible.
May 15, 2024 · Episode 94 - 22 Sep 2021. Should You Take A Sabbatical? On this episode of the Church Leadership Podcast, Adam and John sit down in the studio to discuss John's experience taking a sabbatical this summer and why intentional time off is crucial for church leadership.
May 21, 2024 · Every pastor needs a sabbatical. Being a pastor is difficult, and the daily stress and work begin to deplete you in a variety of ways. A sabbatical allows you to step back and take a fresh look at things without the constant meetings, services and counseling, to name only three.
May 19, 2024 · I think there are two significant implications of trusting God and receiving His goodness as it relates to how you, Christ’s church will benefit from this sabbatical. The first implication is that my absence, in some ways highlights and in other ways exposes significant, ongoing opportunities of service: the field is white for harvest and ...
May 22, 2024 · As announced on this blog post and during our May 19th service, Erik Bonkovsky, City Church's Senior Pastor, will take a sabbatical during the summer of 2024. While sabbaticals are a common practice in the Church as whole, we realize this is new for for some folks at City Church.
May 17, 2024 · If I were to try and summarize my sabbatical experience, I would describe it as a doing in the undoing—a process of simultaneous relief and pressure. If you imagine what it’s like to arrive home after a long, eventful road trip, it was a little bit like that.
