Revive! Renewal Experience Application 2021

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By completing this application, you are applying for Barton College's Revive! Renewal Experience Summer cohort. Twelve slots are available for the summer of 2021. This renewal program for pastors of churches in Eastern North Carolina is sponsored by Barton's Center for Vocation and Rural Ministry and supported by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. This year's experience begins on Saturday, July 24th and runs for nine days through Sunday, August 1st. The program provides for pulpit supply for the Sundays that participants are involved. Questions should be directed to Blythe Taylor, mbtaylor@barton.edu.

Email *

Name *

Address *

Phone Number *

College Attended *

Seminary Attended *

Name of Church *

Denominational Affiliation *

Church Address *

Number of years in ministry *

Number of years in current church setting *

Average Sunday morning attendance of membership *

Average age of congregation *

Select the predominant ethnicity of your congregants *

Asian American

Black/African American

Hispanic/Latinx

White/European American

Multi-cultural/Multi-racial

What is your ordination status? *

Ordained

Officially licensed by a denomination

Ordination candidate

Not considering ordination

Tell us about your time related to employment. *

Employed full-time as pastor

Employed part-time as pastor with no other employment

Bi-vocational (employed in one or more church settings)

Bi-vocational (employed in one church setting and one or more secular settings)

Other:

Have you had a spiritual director? *

Yes

Maybe

Other:

If you have had a sabbatical, please tell us what year, when, and what you did. *

In no more than five hundred words, please share a general outline of your spiritual journey or spiritual autobiography. *

In no more than five hundred words, list and describe three challenges that you face as a rural minister or minister of a small congregation. *

What does "thriving in ministry" mean to you? *

What do you need in order to accomplish thriving in ministry? *

The Revive! Renewal Experience intends to provide space for restoration for all participants, inclusive of gender, race, denominational difference, and other forms of sacred human diversity. Will you honor this vision and practice while a participant in the experience? *

An aspect of the Revive! Renewal Experience is the provision of pulpit supply for your congregation for the two Sundays of the retreat. Would you welcome one of our student or professional preachers into your pulpit on those Sundays? *

Yes

Maybe

Other:

Please confirm that you have approval from your board, congregation, or adjudicatory to participate in a sabbatical experience. *

Option 1

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