{"id":132410,"date":"2020-06-25T15:17:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T19:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.episcopalchurch.org\/?page_id=132410"},"modified":"2024-02-22T10:13:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T15:13:34","slug":"pastoral-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/pastoral-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastoral Development"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div\n      class=\"wp-block-episcopal-hero-banner alignfull\"\n            style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/pastoral_hero.jpg)\"\n          >\n      <div\n        class=\"hero-banner\"\n      >\n        <div class=\"hero-banner-wrapper\">\n          <h1 class=\"episcopal-hero-title\">\n                        Office of Pastoral Development                      <\/h1>\n                    <div class=\"episcopal-hero-description\">\n                      <\/div>\n                    <ul class=\"social-nav\">\n                                              <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n  \n\n\n<p>The Office of Pastoral Development exists to provide pastoral support to bishops, dioceses, and the wider church. An arm of the presiding bishop\u2019s ministry, the office engages issues of discernment, transitions, and difficulties within diocesan systems\u2014primarily through bishop election consultation, pastoral guidance, and crisis care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Rt. Rev. Todd Ousley<\/strong>\u00a0serves as bishop for Pastoral Development. He provides counsel, guidance, direction, and support in complex matters in dioceses and the church, and he oversees consultation for episcopal search processes churchwide. He can be reached by writing him\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/staff\/the-rt-rev-todd-ousley\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For information on Title IV, The Episcopal Church\u2019s process for clergy discipline, or to report misconduct by a bishop in The Episcopal Church, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/pastoral-development\/title-iv-for-bishops\/\">our Title IV pages<\/a> and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.titleiv.org\/\">Title IV website<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#ffffff;color:#ffffff\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-default is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.titleiv.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/title_IV-1024x604.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132420\" style=\"width:476px;height:281px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/title_IV-1024x604.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/title_IV-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/title_IV-768x453.png 768w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/title_IV-480x283.png 480w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/title_IV.png 1484w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-default is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/mark_pastoral_development-1024x633.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132435\" style=\"width:320px;height:197px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/mark_pastoral_development-1024x633.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/mark_pastoral_development-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/mark_pastoral_development-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/mark_pastoral_development-480x297.png 480w, https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/mark_pastoral_development.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-team uagb-team__image-position-above uagb-team__align-center uagb-team__stack-tablet uagb-block-47674a89 mt-20\"><div class=\"uagb-team__content\"><h3 class=\"uagb-team__title\">Contact:<br>The Rt. Rev. Todd Ousley<\/h3><span class=\"uagb-team__prefix\">Bishop for the Office of Pastoral Development<br>Title IV Intake Officer<\/span><p class=\"uagb-team__desc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/staff\/the-rt-rev-todd-ousley\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Click here<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-team uagb-team__image-position-above uagb-team__align-center uagb-team__stack-tablet uagb-block-7622d2b4 mt-20\"><div class=\"uagb-team__content\"><h3 class=\"uagb-team__title\">Contact:<br>The Rev. Barbara Kempf<\/h3><span class=\"uagb-team__prefix\">Title IV Intake Officer for Bishops<\/span><p class=\"uagb-team__desc\"><a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/staff\/the-rt-rev-todd-ousley\/\">Clic<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/staff\/barbara-kempf\/\">k here<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office of Pastoral Development exists to provide pastoral support to bishops, dioceses, and the wider church. 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