Becoming a Pastor: Reflections on the Transition into Ministry is a newly published special report of the Alban Institute. Available online at www.alban-transitionintoministry.org, this report serves several purposes: it calls attention to a promising set of new experiments that have the potential to make a collective impact on the way people enter pastoral ministry in the 21st century; it reflects on the ways people have entered pastoral ministry; and it suggests ways that congregational leaders and others can respond effectively to the challenge of preparing new clergy for vital ministry.
This report was produced with the generous support of Lilly Endowment Inc.