{"id":1007,"date":"2008-07-16T22:33:26","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T02:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2008-07-16T22:33:26","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T02:33:26","slug":"what%e2%80%99s-in-a-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/1007","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s in a name?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A colleague is making a change in his church staff position. He\u2019s struggling with coming up with a new ministry job title. He says, \u201cWhile I realize the main thing is how one functions, job titles are suggestive and important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s moving from a generalist position as Minister of Christian Formation, to a more focused ministry with adults. Here are some titles he\u2019s considering.  <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Minister of Adult Education<\/li>\n<li>Minister of Adult Christian Education <\/li>\n<li>Minister of Adults<\/li>\n<li>Minister with Adults<\/li>\n<li>Minister to Adults<\/li>\n<li>Minister for adults<\/li>\n<li>Associate Pastor of Adults<\/li>\n<li>Pastoral Educator (of, for, with) Adults<\/li>\n<li>Pastoral Minister (of, for, with ) Adults.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What are your thoughts? Which would be your preference? What titles does your congregation use? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.galindoconsultants.com\"><img src='http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/galindobanner5.jpg' alt='galindoconsultants.com' \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A colleague is making a change in his church staff position. He\u2019s struggling with coming up with a new ministry job title. He says, \u201cWhile I realize the main thing is how one functions, job titles are suggestive and important.\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/1007\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,4,37,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","category-christian-education","category-congregational-life","category-leadership"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}