Is it smart for Interim Pastors to step into the middle of a dog fight? Or should they stay out of the way until things cool off and sweep it under the rug (lest you fire up another spat)? I have argued that Interim Pastors need to tackle church discipline quickly, and that we should
Go. What else can an interim pastor say to a member who plays a trump card when they realize you can’t be co-opted? My guess is that every interim pastor has either confronted or been approached by a member intent on exerting influence. Perhaps he wants to see a path back to the future. Perhaps
How does an interim pastor get anything done when she’s the only person in the church able to provide leadership and management? It takes tremendous focus. And a willingness to let go of the myth of multitasking. You can’t do everything at once, so don’t even try. Multitasking is a fairy tale
How does an interim pastor train church leaders to maintain a culture of peace and keeping short accounts so that they “own” the problem of missing church discipline? Often – not always, but often – a pastor who departs under duress leaves a church culture that prefers to turn a blind eye to mischief. He may
Is it a bad idea for pastors to tolerate the sharp tongued critic that he’d rather avoid? Is it a good idea for her to be patient with factious members who constantly carp, complain and gossip? Yes to the first question. No to the second. Most ministers – especially in smaller churches – wait too
Should the interim pastor to exercise church discipline in this case? Is it ever permissible for an interim pastor to discipline someone who isn’t technically guilty of a sin identified as such in scripture? Imagine this scenario. [Caveat: this is not a situation I’ve encountered, and by posing this scenario I’m not making any comments
It’s your first Sunday as the intentional interim pastor at a new client church. The sense of presence and authority you felt during the sermon confirmed God’s calling to this church at this time. You stand at the door for the glorification of the worm ceremony and the first person who approaches you – an
One Sunday morning he slept through the alarm. He just didn’t feel up for church. His wife elbowed him. “Get up. You’ll be late to church.” “I don’t want to go today. I’m tired. The people at that church aren’t nice to me. They are unfriendly, they say things behind my back and I feel
The Alban Institute is offering a seminar that should interest many an intentional interim pastor. “Dealing with Difficult Behaviors” has several learning objectives that belong in every interim pastor’s tool kit. What will you learn? To identify when a problem is actually being caused by a difficult person and when something else is the root
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