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2012 Congregational Leaders Workshop
The Paradox of Power: with J. Nelson Kraybill February 25, 2012 at Manson Mennonite Church
A major research project on Mennonite pastors in North America, Engaging Pastors, found that “there is an urgent need and opportunity for biblical, pastoral, and teaching authority to be strengthened in the Mennonite Church.”
How to actually do this presents significant challenges for congregational leaders! This year, the Central Plains Congregational Leaders Workshop will give pastors, elders and deacons the opportunity to study the biblical foundations of authority in congregational leadership. By building common understandings of these biblical foundations, pastors and their elders or deacons can become more effective leadership teams for their congregations. Conference leaders and others who are interested in the Bible study are most welcome, with the understanding that there will also be practical training for leadership groups.
Here is the registration brochure. The registration deadline has been extended to February 15.
J. Nelson Kraybill is President Emeritus of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary and Lead Pastor at Prairie Street Mennonite Church in Elkhart, Indiana. He has served as a school teacher in Puerto Rico, a pastor in Vermont, and a missionary in the United Kingdom. Nelson is author of Apocalypse and Allegiance: Worship, Politics, and Devotion in the Book of Revelation (Brazos Press, 2010), and serves as consultant and teacher across the church with his Dry Bones teaching ministry. An alumnus of Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana), he received a master’s degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in New Testament from Union Presbyterian Seminary in Virginia. He is married to musician and physical therapist Ellen Graber Kraybill, and they have two adult daughters. Nelson regularly leads tours to lands of the Bible with TourMagination, and counts photography and sailing among his hobbies.
Tentative Schedule 9:30 – 9:50 – Opening Worship 9:50 – 10:45 – Input: Hermeneutic Foundations of Power and Authority 10:45 – 11:00 – Break 11:00 – 12:00 – Breakout Sessions 12:00 – 1:00 – Lunch – a freewill donation will be received for the noon meal 1:00 – 1:50 – Input: Practical Implications for Leadership Team Effectiveness 1:50 – 2:10 – Break 2:10 – 3:10 – Breakout Sessions 3:10 – 3:30 – Closing Worship
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