Clergy Fruitfulness Initiative
Process
Clergy are invited to participate in a six-month process of personal and professional assessment on the anniversary of their ordination in five -year intervals. This process is will cultivate a culture of affirmation for responding to the call and an eagerness to continue to be developed, which includes four integrated phases.
In concert with the BOM is a 5 year Clergy Fruitfulness Initiative (CFI) to undergird the life-long journey of developing clergy leadership and their spiritual growth. Starting with those in their 5th year following ordination and every 5 years proceeding, clergypersons will join with their classmates in a time of reflection and renewal, resourcing and realignment, and recognition and celebration. A substantial investment will be required from the CLD and the BOM to provide this ongoing clergy leadership development process in the NTC. The CFI will be the key interface for mentoring (peer, formative, core competencies), coaching (executive, performance, presentation), and consulting (individual, group, affinity) to develop clergypersons as principled Christian leaders.
Purpose
As a means of honoring those who have been Ordained to a lifetime service in ministry, the Clergy Fruitfulness Initiative provides professional development for clergy in the North Texas Annual Conference which leads to Discipleship, Congregational and Missional fruitfulness in their particular settings in ministry.
When successful, the Clergy Fruitfulness Initiative will accomplish these two focuses:
- Participants will be (holy and wholly) engaged so that they will be cultivated to bear fruit in their ministries
- The North Texas Conference will honor clergy so that they will be cultivated for fruitfulness in ministry
