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Standard & Procedure Name: | Taking a Sabbatical |
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Scope: | Reliant Employees |
Revision Date: | July 10, 2024 |
Last Review Date: | July 10, 2024 |
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Sabbaticals are an important part of the life and career of a healthy pastor or ministry worker. Having a suitable sabbatical plan can help contribute to missionaries field staff being refreshed and refocused. It can also help Reliant missionaries stay on field staff remain in the field long-term, giving them time for refreshment and reflection regarding their ministry path. Defining asabbaticalSabbaticalA sabbatical is an extended time of spiritual rest, renewal, rejuvenation, reflection and refocus. It is not a vacation or Paid Time Off (PTO), nor is it only continuing education. It is a guided process where one deliberately trusts God for the outcome as they disengage from normal ministry responsibilities and leadership involvement for study, rest, renewal and evaluation of life and ministry. This can include reading books, attending seminars, studying, writing, prayer, etc. A sabbatical has an intended purpose and plan at the outset. This plan and purpose should be agreed upon between the local church leadership or ministry and the missionaryemployee. At the conclusion of the sabbatical, the missionary individuals will be expected to give an account of their sabbatical time to both their local ministry leadership and to Reliant. Who iseligible?Eligible?
Policy ParametersPastors, Ministers & Field Ministry DirectorsDetermining Sabbatical Length
Staff Level 2Common Sabbatical Parameters
Sabbatical Request Form
SabbaticalproposalProposal should include
Post-Sabbatical reports should include
Sabbatical expenses that generally are reimbursableReasonable expenses for travel, meals, and lodging for the employee to participate in activities in which the intent is for training, mentoring, intense study, meditation and reflection or similar purposes
Reporting Abuse
Other ResourcesSabbatical Handholds
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