SPE History

Begun in 2002 through a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to Memphis Theological Seminary, Sustaining Pastoral Excellence is a ministry to support Christian pastors, their families, and their congregations...


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What we are learning 

Excellence in pastoral ministry is a gift of the healing and sustaining grace of God in the life of the whole person. Through faithful relatedness to God and others, good pastors maintain balance (wholeness) in their lives and ministries. 

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Resources for Ministry > Faith Formation / Christian Education

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“Amish Grace” and forgiveness resources

Amish Grace web site click here
Amish Grace Study Guide click here

The Power of Forgiveness website
http://www.thepowerofforgiveness.com/index.html

About the DVD
http://www.thepowerofforgiveness.com/about/index.htm


Practicing Our Faith

The Valparaiso Project launched PracticingOurFaith.org as a way to extend the invitation offered in the 1997 book Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People. Both book and website explore twelve time-honored practices shaped by the Christian community over the centuries, yet richly relevant to contemporary experience. These Christian practices are shared activities that address fundamental human needs and that, when woven together, form a way of life that is faithful and has integrity.”

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>Study Guides
The Practicing Our Faith Library contains study guides for many of the books that have been published on the practices. You can read and print these materials without charge.


>Books

The Practicing Our Faith Bookstore lists “project sponsored” publications and “project related” publications. A synopsis of each book is provided as well as how to buy the book or how to download the free study guide.



Sites For Practice Related To Youth

>Way To Live

Way to Live “advocates a set of Christian practices that are crucial to human well-being and that, together, shape a life well lived. Reflecting on and growing stronger in such practices, teens encounter the possibility of a more faithful way of life, one that is both attuned to present-day needs and taught by ancient wisdom. To deepen their insights and ground their images, adult authors partnered with teenaged colleagues throughout the planning and writing of Way to Live.”The Web site is a companion to the book.


>Leader's Guide For Way To Live