Resources for clergy peer groups

There are many resources available to those who wish to create or sustain clergy peer learning groups, a subject I wrote about for the current issue of the Century. Many can be found at Pastoral Excellence, which, along with describing strategies for initiating or
supporting peer groups, offers articles, resource lists and examples
of peer learning.

These seven books
offer further help in thinking about the structure and content of peer groups:

God's Potters: Pastoral Leadership and
the Shaping of Congregations, by
Jackson W. Carroll. Carroll draws on data to examine the state of Protestant and Catholic
clergy at the beginning of the 21st century. He addresses the changing roles of
clergy and laypeople, the future of women in ministry and the shifting supply
of clergy; and he offers strategies for cultivating excellence in ministry.