The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of NSW has adopted a Denominational Ministry Strategy (DMS) prepared by the Ministry and Mission Committee. This article from The Pulse magazine (first in a series) identifies a fundamental area of church life which should be cultivated so that ministry and mission can be carried out with clarity …
Will Mancini adapts six key leadership tasks for pastors who make a difference from a chapter of Peter Drucker’s book Management. In avoiding the usual reactions against bringing management theory to bear on a pastor’s workload (praying, preaching, discipling), I think these can be read as perspectives that can be brought to bear on the …
The other day we were tormenting a poor teenager with the expressions ‘As happy as Larry’ and ‘As happy as a pig in muck.’ I think he was wondering if the pig’s name was ‘Larry’, or if all the old people had just lost it. (On a digression, there is a man in Mount Gambier …
The online edition of the September 2011 Presbyterian Pulse (Monthly Magazine of the Presbyterian Church In the State of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory) has been posted. THIS MONTH: Great debate: Was Jesus present in the bread and wine of the Lord’s Supper? Presbyterian Peter Barnes Versus Catholic Tim Staples in a …
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