May 2007
Newsletter

Pastoral Excellence and Competence

Sustaining pastoral ministry isn’t your problem, says UMC Bishop William H. Willimon. It’s God’s.  A sermon—in both text and video—from the Midwinter Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church.

SPE Spotlight

Anchor in the Storm

With support from the SPE program at the Center for Ministry at Millsaps College, Gulf Coast pastors look back for lessons learned doing ministry after Katrina.

Learning from the Unlearned: A Mark of Excellence

As the academic year comes to a close and newly minted pastors head out into the world, Bishop Kenneth L. Carder reminds them that they can still learn much from the “unlearned.”

Of Immigrants and Excellence

Rev. David Ostendorf, director of the Center for New Community, says pastors can play a pivotal role in guiding congregations to be in ministry with rather than to immigrant communities.