Accountability and Professional Supervision of Pastoral Ministry Leaders

Authors

  • Raymond A. Reddicliffe

Abstract

A recent pastoral supervision pilot project, undertaken on behalf of a Presbytery of the Uniting Church of Australia in South East Queensland, involved comparisons of different types of group supervision. The project's results reflect the issues of accountability and the supervision of pastoral minsitry leaders. The main objective of the study was to test the viability of three modes of group supervision, and to assess the extent to which these could function as alternatives to the well-established one-on-one model of pastoral supervision. In this essay, the author revisits the process and outcomes of the supervision pilot project with the purpose of reflecting on the issues of accountability and the professional supervisory of pastor ministry leaders.

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Volume 30 Responsibility and Accountability in Formation and Supervision in Ministry - 2010

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