The Resilient Church Center for Pastoral Leadership Tuesday, 27 October 2020

 The Resilient Church

Center for Pastoral Leadership <cpl@pointloma.edu>

Tuesday, 27 October 2020 

Point Loma Nazarene University invites you to join us!

The Resilient Church

November  19th  10am - 11:30am

How to help your congregation survive and thrive by ministering to the spiritual, psychological, and emotional needs of your congregation.

During this challenging season, we have heard from many pastors about the struggles they and their congregations are facing. As always, the Center for Pastoral Leadership desires to come alongside our pastors. We invite you to The Resilient Church, a virtual event on November 19th at 10am to 11:30am. We also know that the holiday season can be a time of increased stress and we hope you find this event beneficial to you and your ministry. This event will feature Drs. Dave Cummings and Chris Adams (see their bios below) who will speak to us about a variety of important issues such as the mental and emotional toll of church leadership, self-care strategies for church leaders, emotionally intelligent church leadership, and leading a hurting congregation.

We can have language interpreters for Spanish, Mandarin, and Korean speakers if requested.

We believe this event is important for all church staff and spouses, so we hope you share this invitation! This is a free event. More information can be found in the text and short video below. You can register by clicking HERE.

Dr. Dave Cummings has been a Professor of Biology at PLNU since 2004, teaching courses primarily in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and directing a research program on antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Since a stress-induced breakdown in 2014, he has been writing and speaking on the topics of mental health and self-care to diverse audiences around the country. His first book, Everybody's Got Bears, was released in 2019 and is available on Amazon; he is currently writing a second book on the topic of self-care for effective leadership, which should be available in 2022. Dave is an elder at Pathways Community Church in Santee, California where he lives with his wife Ann and their three children.

Rev. Chris Adams, PhD, grew up in a music ministry family in the Nashville area. He is a third generation Nazarene pastor's kid, ordained Nazarene elder, and clinical psychologist. Chris served in full-time music ministry for several years after college, and then as an associate pastor at a large church for five years during and after seminary. Having completed 8 years as an  Associate Campus Pastor at Azusa Pacific  University, Chris is  currently serving as the Executive Director of the APU Center for Vocational Ministry http://www.apu.edu/cvm . This new center is focused on fostering flourishing in ministry students and leaders through formational research, resources, and relationships. He also teaches ministry leadership, pastoral health, and pastoral care and  counseling courses for Azusa Pacific Seminary and Fuller Theological Seminary. Chris is a consultant to a number of denominations (including the Church of the Nazarene) and seminaries in  the areas of clergy candidate assessment, clergy family health, and pastoral leadership formation. He is currently participating as a consultant and researcher with the Duke Clergy Health Initiative, The Psychology of Humility in Religious Leadership at Boston University’s Danielsen Institute, and as a Senior Research Associate with the Flourishing In Ministry project at the University of Notre Dame. Chris is a frequent speaker at seminaries, pastors and spouses' retreats, and conferences. He is married to Lori, a cardiac nurse, and they have two children - Lexi (10) and Cole (5). Chris enjoys spending time with his family, playing tennis, scuba diving, and music (especially jazz).

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