One idea that I have heard in a few places, one being Pres. Harrison's interview on Issues, Etc. a week or so prior to our convention is this:
There should be stable congregations across the nation where a CRM guy can go and serve. Charles' list of needs are very accurate for normal situations. But I think that a lot of the CRM guys fall out of the normal category. Some CRM guys screwed up. Some congregations treated their pastor shamefully.
In these stable congregations, they would already have a full time pastor on staff. The congregation would call a CRM pastor to little or no salary as he would by this time have found secular employment elsewhere. The CRM guy might preach every once in a while, serve as liturgist, lector, teacher, something like that. He would be eased back into the ministry. If he had some issues that he needed to work on, he could do that in this environment and have a brother pastor to watch over and guide him. And after a time, this pastor would be able to show that he has been serving and is ready to go back into full time ministry.
That seems like a reasonable step forward with this issue. Some of our wounded pastors need a good environment where they can nurse their wounds, let the fresh scabs turn to scars, and move forward ready to serve.
My congregation is stable enough to welcome an unpaid/low paid CRM guy.
Jeremy