Pastoral Care & Staff Benefits
    

Providing access to the practical resources and pastoral care that will enable EFCA pastors to serve with excellence over a sustained period of time, EFCA Pastoral Care Ministries’ goal is sustainable effectiveness.  Read more: about why we do, what we do, the way we do it.  We create partnerships for a healthy future.




Spanish Publication: Creando companerismo para un futuro saludable.


	   
   




	
    
        
        
			
      
			

				
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Resources for EFCA Pastors

				What is your relationship with the pastor who preceded you in your present situation?  How do you relate to the person who followed you in your previous pastorate?  Have you considered that your relationship with one another may be a huge asset (or a liability) to the church you have both loved and pastored?				
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MinisterConnection Placement Service

			
			Forest Lakes District Student Ministries Director Rob Wiese says "MinisterConnection gives a depth of insight into a pastor's theology, personality, and ministry history.  It helps the church narrow the search to candidates who fit the role to which they are being called and the team they will be joining."			
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EFCA Ministerial Association

			
			At its annual meeting Rev. Curt Mudgett (Montrose, CO) and Chaplain Bill Wick (Northfield, VT) were approved to serve on the Board of the EFCA Ministerial Association for a 3 year term.  Don't miss the latest issue of the Ministerial Forum, "Honoring One Another" featuring an article by past Chairmen Mike Andrus and current Chairman Tom Macy.			
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Healthy Pastors for Healthy Churches

			
			What creates sustainability in pastoral ministry?  We believe 4 practices are essential.  Try to identify two of them in your own life and see if they are among the ones we promote.			
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Disability Insurance

			
			Protect your church staff’s income with EFCA group long term disability insurance. If you currently have a long term disability insurance carrier, ask if they include your pastor’s housing allowance as a part of the covered income. The EFCA‘s plan does!			
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Recovery Church Ministry

			
			Circumstances can result in the need to step out of pastoral  ministry for a while.  We understand.  If that happens to be your situation, wherever you are or wherever you'd like to be, we have a place and a team ready to help.  We have come alongside over 120 EFCA pastoral families the past 20 years.  The stories of recovery are priceless.			
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