Recently, I opened the pages of a book on ministry leadership and was confronted with these words: Every pastor is an interim pastor. Few ministers consider that truth. Few are eager to admit that their time with their present church will one day end. But ultimately, all pastors are interim because the day when a …
As a child, my response to the question “What do you want to be when you grow up?” was not your typical childhood response. At the age where many children responded “an astronaut” or “a singer”, my response was “I want to be a missionary to Africa.” It’s a definite call that I have known …
Transition is a part of life every human experiences. We transition through age, physically, geographically, mentally, etc. In ministry we experience transition. In my ministry of more than 25 years, I have transitioned from my first sermon, (which was way too long) to local youth volunteer, youth pastor, state youth director and to my current …
Transition a : passage from one state, stage, subject, or place to another: change; b: a movement, development, or evolution from one form, stage, or style to another Transitioning from being a youth pastor to being an associate pastor was first a huge struggle in my mind. I assumed that being an associate pastor would …