{"id":34,"date":"2020-04-02T16:56:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T16:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bertschausen.org\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2021-04-29T21:40:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T21:40:48","slug":"philosophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bertschausen.org\/index.php\/philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy of Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/dTotTW-C7BI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Collaboration is at the heart of my ministry<\/strong> &#8212; collaboration with colleagues on staff, lay leaders, and the wider community beyond the congregation&#8217;s walls. For me, every single thing in ministry is collaborative: worship, governance, spiritual formation for all ages, justice work, stewardship, even pastoral and spiritual care (the minister should not be the only provider of care). We are better together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three other basic principles ground my philosophy of ministry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>A congregation needs to have a bold, easily remembered <strong>mission<\/strong> that it focuses on like a laser.<\/li><li>A congregation&#8217;s <strong>process<\/strong> of achieving its ends (or goals) is as important as the ends themselves. Ability to adapt to changing circumstances and opportunities is crucial.<\/li><li>Putting a congregation&#8217;s values and mission into <strong>concrete action<\/strong> within and beyond the congregation&#8217;s walls is where ministry comes alive.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I believe my approach to ministry will help congregations have a successful ministerial transition.<\/strong> Transitional ministries that set up a congregation well for its next chapter need a collaborative approach, a focus on mission and how a congregation&#8217;s mission impacts its ministerial search, attentiveness to good process, and reflection on how a congregation can best put its values and mission into concrete action during and beyond the transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/bertschausen.org\/index.php\/ministries\/\">Previous and Current Ministries<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/bertschausen.org\/index.php\/leadership\/\">LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/bertschausen.org\/index.php\/about\/\">about Me<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collaboration is at the heart of my ministry &#8212; collaboration with colleagues on staff, lay leaders, and the wider community beyond the congregation&#8217;s walls. For me, every single thing in ministry is collaborative: worship, governance, spiritual formation for all ages, justice work, stewardship, even pastoral and spiritual care (the minister should not be the only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bertschausen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bertschausen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bertschausen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bertschausen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bertschausen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/bertschausen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":586,"href":"https:\/\/bertschausen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bertschausen.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}