Episode #18 – Glenn Wooden – Small church leader and Old Testament Professor
Glenn Wooden teaches at Acadia Divinity School in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He also helps lead a small church and thinks deeply about the Bible’s emphasis on small.
Episode #17 – Wendy McCready – The Pastor’s Wife
Wendy McCready works with Flowers for the Pastor’s Wife – a helpful digital platform for encouraging the small church pastor’s wife.
Episode #16 – Ron Klassen – Create a small theology
Ron Klassen is the director of the Rural Church Missionary Association. His experience over decades has brought an understanding of small churches this is invaluable. Ron talks of approaches small churches need to take, and of the theology small church leaders need to develop
This is Us! Episode #15 – Margaret Clarke – Clergy Resilience
Clergy resilience is about the ability to bounce back from adversity. Margaret Clarke has just completed her Ph.D. focusing on a research study conducted this past year on clergy resilience. The themes for the study revolved around workload, expectations, and isolation. The primary idea in clergy resilience focused on balancing the dynamic tension of clergy …
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Small church pastor resilience
This last week has hit me hard. I’ve travelled a bit, talked to young and old, and come to a hypothesis. “A sustained period of disconnection with people and enforcement of restrictions makes for a sadness of soul.” There has always been a resiliency within the ranks of vocational and voluntary church leaders. The bounce …
This is Us! Episode #13 – Brian Thompson – Small Church in an Urban Centre
Brian Thompson pastors a small church in Burnaby, British Columbia. He serves a multicultural church with a strong sense of mission and vision.
This is Us! Episode #12 – Wes Mills – Denominational responses to small churches: ACOP
Wes Mills leads that Apostolic Churches Of Pentecost denomination in Canada. Many of the churches are under 250, with a large portion of those churches under 100. Wes shares from his own experience, gathering advice that is well worth noting.
This is Us! Episode #11 – Paul Kowtechy – Called to be a small church pastor
Paul Kowtechy worked for years as a retail manager. Then, in a direction only God could have imagined, he was called to be a small church pastor.
This is Us! Episode #10 – Daniel Graham
Daniel Graham is pastor of the Free Methodist Church in Peterborough, Ontario. He previously served in Prince Albert Saskatchewan and is part of the executive of the Free Methodist Church in Canada. His ministry in small churches spans three decades. He speaks to COVID, small church advantages and regional differences in ministry in small churches.
This is Us! Episode #8 – Kevin Driver
Dr. Kevin Driver pastors a small church in the resort town on Banff, Alberta, Canada. He deals with seasonal workers, transient influx during high tourist seasons, and a intercultural mix of congregants.