Extreme Situations in the Congregation

A series of pastoral care programs

Extreme Situations in the Congregation is a series of daylong continuing education events focused on pastoral care issues. The series is planned specifically for pastors and explores issues from the perspective of congregational dynamics. Presenters offer a holistic depiction of each issue, paying special attention to psychological understandings, theological reflection, pastoral response, and available resources.

Previous workshops include:

• Pastoring in the Face of Sexual Abuse
• Pastoring in the Context of Externally Driven Trauma
• Pastoring in the Context of Broken Marriage
• Pastoring in the Context of Addictions
• Pastoring Those Who Face Mental Illness
• Pastoring Children and Adult Children of Divorce
• Pastoring Those Who Face Financial Crisis
• Broken Marriage
• Pastoring in the Context of Addictions
• Transistions: the Congregation as an Ecology of Care

Extreme Situations in the Congregation is sponsored by the AMBS Church Leadership Center, Central District Conference and Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference.