Transitional ministry : a time of opportunity / Molly Dale Smith, editor ; with a foreword by Loren Mead.
Contributor(s): Smith, Molly Dale | Mead, Loren B
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Church Publishing, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: x, 194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780898696226 (pbk.); 0898696224 (pbk.)Subject(s): Interim clergy | Change -- Religious aspects -- ChristianityDDC classification: 253 LOC classification: BV676.3 | .T73 2009Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword: How did it all get started? / Loren Mead -- Section I: Questions about transitional ministry -- What is transitional ministry? / Molly Dale Smith -- What do we do first? / John Keydel -- What does an interim pastor do? / Nancy Miller -- Why have a letter of agreement? / Ken Ornell and Molly Dale Smith -- Why can't things stay the same? / George Martin -- Why we fight / Terry Foland -- What is the appreciative inquiry approach to transition? / Rob Voyle -- How can we make plans now? / Robert E. Friedrich Jr. -- Section II: tories of transitional ministry -- When the environment changes, church changes / Ben Helmer -- A story of intentional interim work in the United Church of Christ / Ineke Mitchell -- Being an "after pastor" / Barry Miller -- The best-kept secret in the Lutheran Church / Lawrence L. Hand -- Section III: Resources -- Resource 1: Approximating equating terminology -- Resource 2: Ministry transition process overview chart -- Resource 3: Training for transitional ministry -- Resource 4: Annotated bibliography -- Resource 5: A sermon on transition (John 21:1-4) -- Resource 6: Websites.