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So Much Better: How Thousands of Pastors Help Each Other Thrive (TCP The Columbia Partnership Leadership Series)

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About So Much Better: How Thousands Of Pastors Help Each

Product Description Meant to both inspire and inform pastoral leaders, So Much Better examines the impact of peer group participation on pastoral leaders, their families, and ministries. This book goes beyond numbers and data by breathing life into the statistical bones. At this book's heart are seven peer group models including stories and examples from participants, families, and church members. Also featured is information about peer group recruitment, leadership, content, and structure, and practical advice about the cost, sustainability, and evaluation of peer groups. So Much Better can change the way you think about and perform your ministry and lead you to a life that is-- well, so much better. Authors: Penny Long Marler James Bowers Larry Dill Brenda K. HarewoodRichard Hester Sheila Kirton-Robbins Marianne LaBarre Janet Maykus D. Bruce RobertsLis Van Harten Kelli Walker-Jones From The Columbia Partnership (TCP) Leadership Series About the Author Penny Long Marler is professor of religion at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. She was the project director of the Resource Center for Pastoral Excellence at Samford (2003-2008) and co-principal investigator of a study of the effects of clergy peer groups funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. (2007-2010). She is a coauthor of two books, Being There: Culture and Formation in Two Theological Schools and Young Catholics at the New Millennium: The Religion and Morality of Young Adults in Western Countries, and many articles and essays. Penny is also a church consultant and directs Samford's undergraduate concentration in congregational studies. D. Bruce Roberts is professor emeritus of congregational education and leadership and served as director of the Indiana Clergy Peer Group Study Program at Christian Theological Seminary. He is coeditor with Robert E. Reber of A Lifelong Call to Learn: Approaches to Continuing Education for Church Leaders and author of articles on congregational leadership and adult education. As a United Methodist pastor, Bruce served churches in Delaware and Massachusetts. He was a member of the research team studying the effects of clergy peer groups funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. Janet Maykus was the principal of the College of Pastoral Leaders at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin, Texas and co-principal investigator of a study of clergy peer groups funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. Currently she is the director of church relations for Texas Christian University and the director of the HELM Leadership Fellows, a program of the Higher Education and Leadership Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). James Bowers served as vice president for Academics and executive director of the Center for Pentecostal Leadership and Care at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Cleveland, Tennessee since 2004. James is also associate professor of Christian formation and pastoral leadership and pastored churches in Kentucky, Virginia, Alabama, and Georgia. James's current interests include Pentecostal spirituality and social justice, empirical theology, and emerging alternative models of teaching. Larry Dill is the executive director of The Institute for Clergy Excellence, a Sustaining Pastoral Excellence Project based in Huntsville, Alabama. Prior to 2003, Larry served as a United Methodist pastor of rural, suburban, new church, urban transitional and large membership congregations. A strong believer in encouraging adults to take charge of their own learning, Larry is zealous about working with clergy in small groups. Brenda K. Harewood has been the director of the Lott Carey Pastoral Excellence Program since 2003. She is also the Lott Carey Regional Liaison for the Caribbean and South America and currently serves on the Commission for Theological Education and Leadership Formation of the Baptist World Alliance. Brenda is an ordained Baptist Minister and has served as a pastor of the Guyana Missio