Discerning Well
What are the practices that we look for in pastors who come to Pastoral Search Advisory Group that enable them to move through the discernment process with freedom and liberty? Download the Discerning Well document which includes suggestions that will both increase the general wellbeing of pastors and are very helpful when working through a […]
Pastoral Recovery Program
To those who are called to it, pastoral leadership is a vocation of unparalleled privilege. It is also an intensely relational vocation that exposes its practitioners to some of the most painful and damaged aspects of human life and community. As none of us are fully integrated, Pastoral Leaders almost inevitably find that their own […]
Pastoral Reviews
The Baptist Union of Victoria has had more than 20 years of developing pastoral review processes and has facilitated hundreds of pastoral reviews in its churches. This strong history of learning is offered to Baptist Churches and pastors through the work of the Pastoral Leadership Support and Development team. Along the way we’ve discovered that […]
Exit Interviews for Pastoral Positions
It is a core commitment of the Pastoral Leadership Support and Development team that a Pastor who participates in an Exit Interview is able to determine how the information they share is used. Exit interviews provide strong foundations for ongoing care of both the Pastoral Leader, their family and the church they are leaving as […]
Pastoral Clusters
The Baptist Union of Victoria believes that it is not healthy for pastors to be “lone rangers”. Amidst the many privileges and complexities of our vocation, we all need good people alongside us to support us spiritually, emotionally and in maintaining healthy balance and perspective. One of the most helpful ways to do this is […]