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A Coached Revitalizing Network is way to involve four to seven pastors in developing deep, sustaining friendships that will help them live on the front lines of ministry.
Network members hold one another accountable for turning good intentions into concrete actions in their ministry settings. All of this is made possible by forging trusting relationships with colleagues in ministry that create a space where questions can be asked, doubts can be expressed, and God-given success can be celebrated.
A Coached Revitalizing Network offers a safe community in which pastors receive encouragement, resources, coaching, and accountability to help them
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grow deeper in Christ-like characteristics
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gain increasing clarity and focus in their calling
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develop new leadership and ministry competencies
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lead their congregations with courage
It's called a "coached" network because trained coaches come alongside each network to provide coaching, guidance, and resources.
RCA coached revitalizing networks are made possible by a $2 million Lilly Endowment Inc. Sustaining Pastoral Excellence grant. Through this grant the RCA is able to offer six hundred $1,000 pastoral revitalization grants. These grants can be made only to pastors who belong to a coached revitalizing network that meets the Lilly grant criteria.
ReFocusing by Church Resource Ministries
Recommended by Rodney Veldhuizen
ReFocusing, from Church Resource Ministries, is a two-phase revitalization process that integrates the personal renewal of leaders with the revitalization of their churches. You can find information on the refocusing program by clicking here.
While you may not want to engage in the full two-year process, assembling your leadership team for the three visioning summits is a very valuable exercise. Visioning summits are extended conversations around the questions such as: Where have we been? Where are we going? and How are we going to get there? The interim minister who served my current congregation took the church leadership through the process before my arrival; when the congregation participated in the NCD survey, our scores were the highest in our group and, at that time, the highest in our region. The only variable had been the intentional focusing process initiated by the interim minister. We continue to use this focusing process on a regular basis (in an abbreviated format) to keep ourselves thinking about where God is at work and how we could best join him.