

Tue, Nov 07
|Zoom
Introduction to Boundaries
November 7 & 8, 2023 1-3:30 p.m
Time & Location
Nov 07, 2023, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Zoom
About the event
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Offered by LeaderWise Targeting: Teaching and Ruling Elders Cost: Fully covered by the Synod and Presbyteries
It’s our (LeaderWise’s) experience that pastors, church staff, and other leaders who transgress boundaries by-and-large are not predators. In fact, not even close. Most people in ministry who violate boundaries are individuals who know and follow the rules most of the time but whose judgment may be impaired due to an unusually stressful time in their lives.
With that in mind, Not-Your-Average Boundaries Training is tailored to focus on strategies to foster mental health, emotional resiliency, and well-being. While we still cover the requirements—“Don’t sleep with a parishioner unless you’re married to them” and the like —we believe the best prevention is to encourage clergy to take steps to manage their stress in order to maintain balance and perspective when temptation arises. We further teach a 3-step strategy to help stop them…