The ministry of the Interim Pastor is often overlooked as a viable ministry option, but the Bible offers a different perspective. This post challenges you to consider if God might be calling you to serve as an Interim Pastor.
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What Expectations Should Our Church Have for Our Interim Pastor?
When a church's Interim Pastor fails to meet expectations, it can cause many unnecessary problems. This post offers practical advice on how to avoid that pain.
Should Our Interim Pastor Become a Candidate for our Church’s Vacant Pastor Position?
What happens when the church's Interim Pastor wants to become a candidate for the vacant pastor position? Should he be allowed to do so? This post weighs the pros and cons and provides tips for how a church can reach a decision.
5 Ways Associations Can Help Churches Experience Healthy Pastoral Transitions
Pastoral transitions are inevitable; healthy pastoral transitions are not. This post describes 5 ways associations can help churches experience healthy transitions.
Top 5 Traits of Effective Pastor Search Committees
While every pastor search committee is unique, research reveals that the most effective search committees are characterized by five common traits.
Pastor, Who Are You Mentoring? An Urgent Call to Prepare the Next Generation of Ministers
Pastors have been identifying and training faithful men to serve as future ministers since the earliest days of the church. This post explains both why mentoring is so important today as well as suggestions for developing a mentoring process.
Experts Predict a Surge in Pastor Transitions. Here are 9 Reasons Why They Might Be Right
2021 is going to be the year of turnover in churches, so say church health experts. This post lists 9 reasons why the experts might be right.
Avoid These 7 Individuals When Forming Your Pastor Search Committee
Whenever a church begins to search for a new pastor, one of the first tasks they will complete is to form a pastor search committee, a group entrusted with the task of searching for and recommending the church’s next pastor to the congregation. Most churches have some guidance for how to form the search committee… Continue reading Avoid These 7 Individuals When Forming Your Pastor Search Committee
Is the Past the Hero in Your Church?
While it’s appropriate to honor the past, your church can’t live there. This post includes several suggestions for how you can avoid allowing your church's past to become a challenge for your present and future pastors.
Why I Wrote a Book For The Church During the Search
Churches can experience healthy transitions. But it will require the active participation of every member of the church. Not just the search committee or church leaders. This book can help.