Pastoral Excellence Network

 

Healthy Pastors – Relevant Ministries

 

The Lott Carey Pastoral Excellence Network (PEN) cultivates missional pastors through promoting practices of health and wholeness and by advocating innovative ministry impact informed by the global church.  The Lott Carey PEN is connected with the Pastoral Excellence Network at Christian Theological Seminary whose mission is to work with congregations and church-related institutions to help new pastors get the best possible start in ministry and to encourage experienced pastors to sustain their vitality by participating in communities of ongoing support and learning.  Keep up with insights, resources, and programs at PEN at CTS.


 

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Activities

 

  1. A Pastoral Excellence Network Conference is held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons during Lott Carey’s Annual Session that convenes in August to focus on:
    • Care for Pastors - The Tuesday session promotes practices of personal and spiritual health and wellness.
    • Creativity for Pastors - The Thursday session addresses pressing theological issues and contemporary challenges to good and faithful ministries.
  2. A Pastoral Excellence Network Immersion is held in first quarter of the year to give pastors opportunities for cross-cultural ministries and partnerships with host communities and colleagues to broaden visions, build networks, and deepen impacts. 

   

For information about the Conference or Immersion, contact Kati Reid, Program Manager - email: kreid@aabmc.org - phone: 202.543.3200 ext. 12.

 

Lott Carey PEN

 

2013 Schedule

The 2013 Pastoral Excellence Network International Immersion took place Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 29 January – 5 February 2013. Dr. Gregory K. Moss, Immersion Leader.  

Schedule
29 January          Travel to Haiti
30 - 31 January   Service Projects
1 February          Consultation with pastoral and civic leaders
2 - 3 February     Preparation for and proclamation in worship
4 February           Debriefing with hosts and with immersion team
5 February           Travel to the US

 

The Pastoral Excellence Spring Conference was hosted by Rodman Street Baptist Church at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA, 18 - 19 April 2013.  Presenters: 

  • Dr. John Mendez, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, NC (Pastoral Self-Care)
  • Dr. Madeline McClenney-Sadler, Exodus Foundation.org, Charlotte, NC (Ministry to People Re-entering Community from Incarceration) 

 

Pastoral Excellence Summer Conference: 13 and 15 August 2013, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, DC  (during the 116th Annual Session of the Lott Carey Convention convening 12 - 16 August 2013).