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• Clergy Health
• Clergy Recruitment and Retention
• Clergy Salaries
• Continuing Education and Sabbatical Opportunities
• Denominational Resources for Clergy Support
• Discernment of Call
• First Call
• Global Christianity
• Journals
• Pastoral Leadership
• Recent Books on Pastoral Leadership
• Religion in Public Life
• Research Organizations
• Theological Education
• Women in Ministry
  
  

Clergy Health

• Commission on Ministerial Growth and Support (Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod)
• Clergy Health Initiative, Ministerial Leadership Commission, American Baptist Churches USA

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Clergy Recruitment and Retention

• Catholic Ministry Formation Directory: Statistical Summary, 2002-2003 (includes enrollments in U.S. Catholic seminaries, and priest & lay formation programs)
• Churchwide Personnel Services Statistics, PCUSA
• "Ministry Needs and Resources in the 21st Century" (ELCA)
• New Priests (NPR story)
• Partnership for Excellence - The Fund for Theological Education
• "Will There Be a Clergy Shortage? Analysis and Predictions for Uncertain Times" (Church Pension Group, Episcopal Church USA)

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Clergy Salaries

• Advisory Committee on Churchwide Compensation, PCUSA
• Clergy Compensation Report, years 2000 and 2001 (Church Pension Group, Episcopal Church USA)
• Leadership Network: 2001 Salary Survey Report
• National Association of Church Business Administrators
• Salary Averages for Pastors (ELCA)
• Southern Baptist National Clergy Compensation Study
• "What's Fair Pay for Your Pastor?" Alban Institute article, 1991
• "What to Pay The Pastor" - Advice from church leaders and financial experts on how to set the pastor's salary

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Continuing Education and Sabbatical Opportunities

• Society for the Advancement of Continuing Education in Ministry
• "Sustaining Pastoral Excellence" (sabbatical grant program)
• The College of Preachers (continuing education)

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Denominational Resources for Clergy Support

• CREDO (Episcopal)
• Opus Bono Sacerdotii (Roman Catholic)

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Discernment of Call

• Partnership for Excellence - The Fund for Theological Education
• Preparation for Ministry, PCUSA
• "Want to Become a Minister?" Division for Ministry, Evangelical Lutheran Church of America

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First Call

• First Call Theological Education (ELCA mentoring program for recently ordained clergy)

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Global Christianity

• Interview with Philip Jenkins
• Philip Jenkins, "The Next Christianity" (Atlantic Magazine, Oct. 2002)

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Journals

• The Christian Century
• Christianity Today
• Congregations (monthly magazine published by the Alban Institute)
• Religion Online (Archive of journal articles, some out of print)

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Pastoral Leadership

• The Academy of Parish Clergy: "clarify the vocational role of parish clergy and enhance professional competence."
• The Alban Institute: Resources for Congregations
• BuildingChurchLeaders.Com (downloadable materials suitable for leadership development training, retreats)
• Congregational Resource Guide
• Leadership Network: Resources for ministers and staff of large congregations
• "The Leadership Situation Facing American Congregations." Alban Institute report, September 2001.
• The Louisville Institute
• Scott Cormode - articles and case studies about church leadership

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Religion in Public Life

• A Video Series from the Polis Center

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Research Organizations

• American Academy of Religion
• American Religion Data Archive
• Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (Roman Catholic)
• Hartford Institute for Religious Research
• The Life Cycle Institute, Catholic University of America
• Religious Research Association
• The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
• The U.S. Congregational Life Survey: A National and International Study of Congregations

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Theological Education

• Association of Theological Schools
• The Auburn Center for the Study of Theological Education
• The Fund for Theological Education
• The Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion

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Women in Ministry

• United Methodist Clergywomen Retention Study

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