John Mark Ministries

Pastoral Leadership Development and Clergy Training Workshops

Tim is a regular speaker at Pastors’ and Clergy Conferences in areas of leadership, church systems, professional ethics, mentoring, conflict management and the impact of clergy sexual abuse. He contributes to in-service training programs for clergy and leaders across several denominations and states.

He is available to teach or train in the areas below:

Emotional and social intelligence for Pastors

This workshop covers the implications of emotional and social intelligence learning for those in pastoral ministry. It covers self-awareness, self regulation, awareness of others and relational management.
As a single introductory session or as a two session workshop

Personality and Ministry – Type dynamics in ministry
Based on type theory as used in the MBTI and PTI test, this workshop explores the implications of personality on ministry,
team and pastoral relationships.
Two session workshop or whole day / two day training workshop

Engaging Gifts of Grace
An important teaching of the New Testament is the giving of spiritual gifts to individuals for ministry. This workshop explores
the theology and practice of grace gifts in leadership. It places the Ephesians four teaching of the five-fold gifts into a wider context.
Two session workshop or whole day training workshop

Sexual Dynamics and Pastoral Ministry
This single session workshop deals with the dynamics of sexual attraction in ministry (i.e. members of the congregation being attracted to ministers and vice versa). It looks at how and why this happens and the strategies that can be employed to guard the hearts and minds of pastoral leaders.
One or two session workshop

Finishing Well
This session is based on Bobby Clinton’s work on the 5 life and ministry habits of leaders who finish well and our John Mark Ministries research and experience on 10 areas of vulnerability and strategies to cover these.
One or two session workshop

Self-care in Pastoral Leadership
Ministers experience stress and burnout in specific ways. This workshop looks at causes of stress in ministry and self-care strategies to manage stress and prevent burnout.
One, two session or whole day workshop

Shaping and Sharing Vision
The ability to shape, articulate and inspire others toward a vision is vital to effective leadership. This workshop looks at pathways for generating vision and strategies for sharing vision with others.
One or two session workshop

Managing change in the Church
Leaders develop churches and organisations through effectively leading change. Change in Christian communities can meet significant resistance. This workshop looks at change management as it applies to churches
One, two session or whole day workshop

Moving through life, ministry and leadership phases
Bobby Clinton has identified several stages leaders move through in ministry. In this workshop we look at these and compare them with  phases of spiritual development and marriage and family stages. The implications of phase shift collisions are explored in terms of ministry
One, two session or whole day workshop

Leading Teams
The ability to mobilise and lead a staff or ministry team is an essential skill in Christian community. The workshop draws on a range of contemporary teamwork models and applies them to leading ministry teams
Two session workshop or whole day / two day training workshop

The Empowering Leader
The combined skills of equipping and then delegating enable a leader to confidently give tasks and responsibilities to others. This important skills are often assumed rather than intentionally cultivated.
One, two session or whole day workshop

Conflict Management in Christian Communities
The most stressful area of ministry is managing conflict. This workshop aims to reduce the tension involved in conflict through developing understanding, skills and policies enabling conflict to be handled effectively and well.
Two session workshop or whole day / two day training workshop

Understanding Church Systems
Churches are unique human organisations with their own rules, roles, rituals and goals. Understanding how an individual church works can enable a pastor to begin the process of change and transformation.
One, two session or whole day workshop

Mentor Equipping
Mentoring is the most effective leadership development strategy in the church. It has a strong Biblical foundation. This training program lays the foundation for effective mentoring relationships. (These sessions contain basic introductory elements of the full three year training program)
Two session workshop or whole day / two day training workshop

Power and Ministry
Ministers often experience themselves as powerless. This is far from the actual truth. Arising from the unique nature of the Christian church, ministers possess significant sources of power which can be used to enable life and growth in others. Failure to acknowledge this can lead to misuses of power with damaging results.
One, two session or whole day workshop

Taking a Sabbatical
Increasing numbers of ministers are exploring the possibility of Sabbatical leave as a strategy of self care and professional formation. This workshop looks at the policy, process and practices of Sabbaticals.
One or two session workshop

Spiritual Formation in Ministry
Many clergy find spiritual formation a major challenge and struggle to engage in disciplines that are spiritually life-giving to ministry. This workshop explores spiritual formation practices that work for ministers.
One or two session workshop

Pastoral Review Processes
Conducting a fair, proactive and formative review is important for both a Pastor and the church. This workshop looks at summative and formative review processes.
One or two session workshop

Governance in Churches and Organisations
Providing wise and discerning governance for churches and Christian organisations is an important and commonly misunderstood role.  This workshop looks at the models of eldership, church boards and councils and the boards of organisations.  Its looks at contemporary models and examines where they work and don’t work in churches.
Whole day workshop