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Continue reading →: Responding to COVID-19 and Other CrisesFive weeks ago, I was already planning to preach on the people’s complaint against Moses’ leadership as they travelled through the wilderness in Exodus 17:1-7. Two weeks ago, I was in touch with a member of our liturgy team about my sermon title and the music for our worship. One…
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Continue reading →: Church Road Kill: Totally Unacceptable and Too CommonLast month there was another flurry of tweets about a church that had wrongfully terminated staff and forced them to sign non-disclosure agreements. Timothy Isaiah Cho, an associate editor at Faithfully Magazine tweeted: I mean, signing an NDA [non-disclosure agreement] as a condition for a severance package following a wrongful…
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Continue reading →: 9 Avenues Toward Racial ReconciliationHow do you work toward racial reconciliation when you work in the church or other Christian organization? What practices help you to engage others in healthy ways? What stories do you share and how? Below are two articles on this theme that I’ve written as guest posts for other sites,…
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Continue reading →: How to Do More by Doing LessI was immediately curious when I read the title of Michael Hyatt’s book, Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less (Baker Books, 2019). In our age of multiple distractions, being free to focus appealed to me. And who wouldn’t want to achieve more by…
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Continue reading →: Purpose Magazine: A Resource for Small GroupsWhen I was in full-time pastoral ministry, I was always on the look out for good sermon illustrations and good resources for Adult Sunday school, mid-week studies, and other small groups. When I started working as the new editor of Purpose, I was immediately struck by this little magazine’s potential for…
When You Work for the Church
Hello,
I’m April Yamasaki
Welcome to When You Work for the Church. I’ve been a church volunteer and a full-time pastor. I’ve led small groups and served on denominational committees. When I resigned from pastoral ministry to focus on my writing, I knew that I wanted to be—needed to be—grounded in a local congregation. I love the church!
But I also know that churches and church organizations have not always lived up to their calling, have brought harm instead of healing. So I started this website to share resources for doing ministry better, and pray that together we might serve more faithfully and effectively.
For a healthy rhythm of work and rest, I’d love to send you my ebook.
When You Work for the Church 