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When You Work for the Church

About

When You Work for the Church is written and curated by April Yamasaki, an ordained pastor, editor, spiritual formation mentor, and author of Sacred Pauses, Four Gifts, This Ordinary, Extraordinary Life, and other books on living with faith and hope.

After 25 years of pastoral ministry (in the same congregation!), she currently serves as resident author with Valley CrossWay Church, editor of the daily devotional magazine Rejoice!, and often speaks in churches and other settings.

For more information, please visit her author website. To inquire about speaking, please visit her speaker page.

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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.