Ethnic and Gender Diversity in North Georgia PCG
In 2008, Pastor Mark Hardgrove (North Georgia) decided to intentionally recruit
pastors for his Pastoral Covenant Group representing the ethnic and gender
diversity in his area. This first-year group now consists of Caucasian, Haitian and
Jamaican pastors-both male and female.
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The Benefits Outweigh the Costs
Over the past several days, scores of pastors from across the nation have
reported to the CPLC office, praising the benefits of Pastoral Covenant
Groups. Read a few of their testimonies.
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PCG Roofs a Covenant Brother's Church
On a cold weekend in November, Richard Dial's Pastoral Covenant Group
(Eastern North Carolina) experienced the living reality of "covenant" as they
teamed up to roof a covenant brother's church.
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2009 National Clergy Renewal Program
Lilly Endowment has announced its 2009 National Clergy Renewal Program. Over
the next several months, up to 120 congregations will be selected to participate
in 2009.
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Why Pastors Need Pastoral Covenant Groups
Why would a seminary devote considerable resources and energy to launching a national
network of pastoral covenant groups? Conventional wisdom says the business of seminaries
is simply to train ministers and offer degrees. Why this pastoral excellence project? Why now?
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2008-2009 Pastoral Covenant Groups
The Center for Pentecostal Leadership and Care (CPLC) reports that this fall 126 Pastoral Covenant
Groups from 20 states and regions are launching another one-year process of pastoral development
and renewal. An estimated 1000 Church of God pastors will be participating.
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Video Testimonials from Pastoral Covenant Group Participants
Church of God pastors across America are telling the story of how the Pastoral Covenant Group initiative
is impacting their lives and ministries.. [More]
