Ministry Development
Journeying together in ministry and mission
The question just keeps coming. What IS ministry development?
One assumption is that ministry development is all about producing locally trained priests and deacons. Another is that ministry development is only for small struggling congregations. Like so many aspects of our faith itself, neither is true by itself, but each holds a grain of truth.
Both assumptions [...]
Congregational Development
St. Mark’s offers ministry in time of tragedy
Once in a while I notice a sign in one of our churches that gives a clue about how that church sees itself in the community. Something like “Love Spoken Here,” or “Servants’ Entrance.”
A few weeks ago, St. Mark’s, Moscow, opened its heart to its town and practiced servanthood in some poignant ways in the [...]
Bishop's Notes
Columba gives us model of zeal, patience
Every year on June 9 we commemorate St. Columba, Abbot of Iona and missionary, 597. Having served as a seminarian in a church named St. Columba’s, this day holds particular significance for me. Beyond that experience, the spirit in which Columba worked has captured and holds my attention. Columba knew the importance of balance in [...]
