Coming Soon 

The NAD Ministerial Association will launch registration for the historic 2015 Pastoral Family Convention entitled "CALLED" in the coming weeks.  


Why Should You Attend?
  • Because your conference and union will financially subsidize your attendance.
  • Because you will experience the commonality of the call from God, and have the opportunity to worship, pray, and connect with thousands of Seventh-day Adventist pastors across the North American Division. 
  • Because world-renowned leaders, theologians, and practitioners will engage and inspire you to excellence through speaking, preaching and instructive seminars. Read More 
Special Features will include:
  • Worshiping, praying, and sharpening-the-saw with over 4000 other Seventh-day Adventist pastors.
  • A shared, sustainable, missional opportunity to reach Austin, Texas
  • Over 200 power-packed, relevant and innovative seminars by cutting edge presenters to equip and impact your ministry. Read More

Understanding Pastoral Burnout Part 2

by Ivan Williams

 
Understanding pastoral burnout and its symptoms is crucial in its recognition. Otherwise, as Harold Scott says, "pastors who are experiencing a degree of burnout may actually encounter the term and related discussion, but make no connection to their own personal situation."  Read More 

Feedback Loop Assessment Tool to Be Strengthened  

The Feedback Loop Assessment Tool which has been in development for several years, is to be strengthened over the next few months before its eventual release. The Feedback Loop is a ground breaking tool that goes beyond just a perception-based assessment to an outcome-based assessment. This tool starts with the church profile, job description and then moves the assessment of the church and pastor. Initial beta testing has validated the power of the tool.   Read More

Pastors in Palau, Micronesia
A Point to Make

Now these things which happened to our ancestors are illustrations of the way in which God works, and they were written down to be a warning to us who are the heirs of the ages which have gone before us. So let the man who feels sure of his standing today be careful that he does not fall tomorrow.     1 Corinthians 10:11, 12

 

Prayer Request

Please remember to pray for the upcoming 2014 NAD Administrators Conference in Herndon, Virginia on May 13-15, 2014.
Pastoral Resources
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