The Role of Committee Members on a Ministerial Relations Committee
March 15, 2008
Q. I’ve been a member of our assistant minister’s Ministerial Relations Committee for a year now and am wondering if there are any published guidelines or suggestions in InterConnections or elsewhere about the role of committee members on a MRC and how we can be most effective in supporting our minister.A. The Winter 2004 issue of InterConnections includes an article on Committees on Ministry, the new name that many congregations use for the function that you are describing.
The article notes that Committees on Ministry are often focused now on the many ministries of a congregation, such as religious education, social justice, etc., and not just on a specific minister. A Committee on Ministry moves away from putting sole responsibility or blame on the minister for the ministry of the congregation.
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Last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.
