Restructuring the Part-time Pastorate for More Strategic Impact - Rev. Jeff MacDonald. Episode 38

It’s a common occurrence for churches to go from a full-time pastorate to a part-time pastorate (full-time minster to part-time minister) with little intention about designing it as such. Consequently, they miss out on opportunities this arrangement could offer for increased vitality. Jeff MacDonald, an accomplished freelance journalist (Part-Time Is Plenty: Thriving Without Full-Time Clergy) and part-time interim minister, speaks to this challenge in this episode, “Restructuring the part-time pastorate for more strategic impact.”

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• Being intentional rather than reactionary in the move to a part-time pastorate;
• Questions to help the laity get clear about their roles in the move to a part-time  pastorate;
• Key questions to ask yourself to understand how your pastorate is structured now;
• Formal vs. unspoken expectations and their consequences;
• Allowing the laity to do what they’ve long been authorized to do but don’t realize it;
• Helping the laity to see that there’s actually very little that is doable only by the pastor;
• Seeing the pastor as a strategic resource to advance the mission of the congregation;
• Why being clear about the congregation’s mission is so essential to a successful part-time pastorate;

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