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Selling Vision

One of the toughest yet most important church leadership tasks is communicating God’s vision for the church in ways that are easily understood and that create passion and momentum. Whether you are serving in a “temporary” position as an Interim Pastor, a bona fide Transition Pastor or in a permanent pastoral position you’ve faced this

The Transition Pastor’s Authority

The Transition Pastor serves a unique role, distinct from that of Interim Pastors, church consultants and Senior Pastors. The Interim Pastor provides pastoral care and pulpit services while the Pastor Search Team seeks the next full-time Pastor. The church consultant provides diagnostic services and recommends remedial solutions that are executed by the Pastor and the

Structuring the Transition Pastor’s Authority

How is the authority conveyed? My written contract of employment with the church includes the following provision: 9. AUTHORITY The Transition Pastor shall be granted all authority constitutionally entrusted to the Senior Pastor of the church. In addition, the Transition Pastor may need to exercise significantly greater authority, with the intention of returning control to

Wired Right?

I asked my son the other day if he still liked his job. “I love it,” he said. His work involves everything from being cursed at to wrestling resistant suspects, from driving all night to never knowing who has a gun or knife, from stopping cars to handcuffing suspects, from remembering legal codes to writing

“Navigating from the Pulpit: Part One”

Note: This is the first draft of the second installment of a book on preaching for Transition Pastors. The first installment is here. Part One: The Big Picture Overview It is ironic that the largest North American religious group to prominently feature kingdom theology in its official doctrinal statements is neither Christian in its

Church Visitors: You can spot ’em a mile away

Ed and Mike are typical church visitors. One afternoon they were crunching through the forest leaves, headed for their favorite deer stand when Mike collapsed in a heap. Mike cried out, “Ed, I need a priest! I need a priest!” “Why, what’s wrong?” Ed asked. “I think I’m dying. I need a priest to give

“Navigating From the Pulpit”

I’ve finally found time to start on a project that has been in the works a long, long time: a book that will hopefully furnish transition pastors with a few tools that will help them effect change in stalled and declining churches by reconnecting them with a clear view of God’s mission in the world

I can do it myself!

Lainey is two years old. Well, a few days shy but regardless of what the calendar says, our granddaughter’s in the “terrible twos.” You’ve seen that stage of life: non-stop hyperactivity from dawn to dark, unfamiliarity with the word “No”, tantrums when corrected, rigid inflexibility and towering impatience! When a two-year old decides “I can

Welcome

The Transition Ministries Group is a ministry devoted to providing resources to help churches going through difficult transitions to navigate the turbulent waters and emerge so that they are poised to reach their God-given potential. Our mission is to insure that a sufficient pool of skilled transition pastors exists so that every church will be

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