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**Quick Tips for Christian Ministry**

Professional and personal development for Christians working in ministry and Christian service.

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039 How to live with purpose and resiliency in our ministries by Cam Taylor Oct 05, 2017

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The first of Cam Taylor's 10 Keys to Thriving When Faced with Ministry Setbacks --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/refresh-ministries/message

038 How to start your own Christian charity project and give official receipts to your donors Sep 12, 2017

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Thinking about starting a new Christian charity project, or missions idea? Do you want to benefit from charitable donation tax receipts for your donors in Canada and the United States? Listen to a webinar replay of Chad Bruneski, Vice President of Great Commission Foundation, explaining how to get your ministry project started fast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/refresh-ministries/message

037 How to make a decision regarding a major change to ministry [Part 3] — By Patricia Jehle Sep 05, 2017

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Patricia Jehle gives us some practical steps and ideas to help bring about that change within your organization.

She answers this question from a missionary in the field. "Give us tips and practical tools on making decisions about change, moving forward, or terminating a ministry that isn't productive or standing fast with a hope for future breakthroughs."

Our Christian Ministry Maven for this episode is Patricia Jehle, a university instructor in Switzerland and a business coach.

The QT4CM podcast is a peer knowledge sharing initiative for personal and professional development of Christian ministry workers. Quick Tips for Christian Ministry is produced with the support of the Great Commission Foundation… to benefit those who serve in the Name of Christ.

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036 How to make a decision regarding a major change to ministry [Part 2] — By Patricia Jehle Jul 11, 2017

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Patricia Jehle gives us tips on listening to God to make a decision regarding a ministry change.

Our Christian Ministry Maven for this episode is Patricia Jehle, a university instructor in Switzerland and a business coach.

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035 How to make a decision regarding a major change to ministry [Part 1] — By Patricia Jehle Jun 06, 2017

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Patricia Jehle answers this question from a missionary in the field. "Give us tips and practical tools on making decisions about change, moving forward, or terminating a ministry that isn't productive or standing fast with a hope for future breakthroughs."

Our Christian Ministry Maven for this episode is Patricia Jehle, a university instructor in Switzerland and a business coach.

--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/refresh-ministries/message

034 How do healthy congregations manage anxiety? May 02, 2017

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Organizational Coach Dr. Ken Thiessen talks about how healthy congregations manage anxiety.

This is the last episode of his series outlining the unhealthy ways anxiety manifests itself in congregations and Christian ministries.

It is important to understand how anxiety dominates much of the unhealthy decision making processes and broken relationships within faith-based ministries and congregations.

The QT4CM podcast is a peer knowledge sharing initiative for personal and professional development of Christian ministry workers. Quick Tips for Christian Ministry is produced with the support of The Great Commission Foundation… to benefit those who serve in the Name of Christ.

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033 Five Security Tips for Mission Team Group Travel Apr 25, 2017

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Our international security expert provides five valuable tips for planning the safety of short term mission trips.

Assign responsibility for security planning and briefing to a member of your mission team.
Assign responsibility for host country research and briefing to a member of your mission team.
Assign responsibility for travel planning and briefing to a member of your mission team.
Assign responsibility for pastoral care to a member of your mission team.
Encourage your team members to jointly decide how to handle photography and social media during the mission trip.

The QT4CM podcast is a peer knowledge sharing initiative for personal and professional development of Christian ministry workers. Quick Tips for Christian Ministry is produced with the support of The Great Commission Foundation… to benefit those who serve in the Name of Christ.

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032 Beware of the "over-functioners" and "under-functioners" on our team Apr 11, 2017

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Organizational Coach Dr. Ken Thiessen talks about "over-functioning and under-functioning" — another of the five unhealthy ways anxiety manifests itself in congregations and Christian ministries.

Who are the "over-functioners" and "under-functioners"? In your ministry context or in your congregation, is there somebody who always picks up the ball? These people oftentimes volunteer for everything. They're the backbone of ministry organizations and churches, because guess what? Everybody knows that John is going to step forward and volunteer. A lot of times, John volunteers for stuff that he's not necessarily gifted at. God hasn't called him to do that, but if I'm sitting on the sidelines, I don't have to worry things, because I just know that John is going to pick it up.

It is important to understand how anxiety dominates much of the unhealthy decision making processes and broken relationships within faith-based ministries and congregations.

The QT4CM podcast is a peer knowledge sharing initiative for personal and professional development of Christian ministry workers. Quick Tips for Christian Ministry is produced with the support of The Great Commission Foundation… to benefit those who serve in the Name of Christ.

Want to contribute your thoughts?

Click here to suggest a topic for a future episode.

Or, click here to send us your proposal to be interviewed.

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The Show Notes can be accessed by clicking here.

--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/refresh-ministries/message

031 Finding Member Care Counselling – By Patricia Jehle Apr 04, 2017

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How can ministry workers in the field receive member care for trauma counselling?

Our Christian Ministry Maven for this episode is Patricia Jehle, a university instructor in Switzerland and a business coach.

Often the questions of why and how to find member care for overseas ministry workers and missionaries is real and pressing. Patricia Jehle will be addressing the issue of critical incident trauma and finding help on today’s podcast. Patricia points out the why and options of missionary and other ministry workers receiving member care.

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030 Why Firing the Pastor Doesn't Address the Real Issue Mar 28, 2017

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Organizational Coach Dr. Ken Thiessen talks about "multi-generational transmission process" — another of the five unhealthy ways anxiety manifests itself in congregations and Christian ministries.

It is important to understand how anxiety dominates much of the unhealthy decision making processes and broken relationships within faith-based ministries and congregations.

The QT4CM podcast is a peer knowledge sharing initiative for personal and professional development of Christian ministry workers. Quick Tips for Christian Ministry is produced with the support of The Great Commission Foundation… to benefit those who serve in the Name of Christ.

Want to contribute your thoughts?

Click here to suggest a topic for a future episode.

Or, click here to send us your proposal to be interviewed.

Want more information?

The Show Notes can be accessed by clicking here.

--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/refresh-ministries/message

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Organizational Coach Dr. Ken Thiessen talks about how healthy congregations manage anxiety.

This is the last episode of his series outlining the unhealthy ways anxiety manifests itself in congregations and Christian ministries.

Organizational Coach Dr. Ken Thiessen talks about "over-functioning and under-functioning" — another of the five unhealthy ways anxiety manifests itself in congregations and Christian ministries.

How can ministry workers in the field receive member care for trauma counselling?

Organizational Coach Dr. Ken Thiessen talks about "multi-generational transmission process" — another of the five unhealthy ways anxiety manifests itself in congregations and Christian ministries.

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