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Pastoral Succession Planning
If you help lead a church and are either in the process, or soon will be, proper succession planning is critical for long term success. Take careful note of an upcoming online conference on this topic from the good folks at Leadership Network. Here is a teaser from their website: While there are numerous stories describing the highly visible failures in transition and succession, there are even more stories of the positive transition from one pastor to another that have rarely been heard. To highlight what is being learned in these cases, as well as the…
Using Short-Term Mission for Meaningful Discipleship
In a world where short term missions team are sent on a routine basis, the nagging question remains about what lasting impact is notices upon returning to the U.S. As a veteran short-term leader, I can say that it is difficult to keep a right perspective after coming home. Life happens. Back to school. Back to work. Back to routine. How do allow the growth to settle in us to a point where the “massing changes” take root and become our new normalcy. Leadership Network posted a ‘Field Report’ of one such church trying to do…