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From Follett
Rev. ed. of: Red light, green light. c1994.;Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-246).;The myth of the greener grass -- Sovereign direction and personal choice -- Assessing your present ministry : congregational signals -- Assessing your present ministry : personal signals -- Assessing your present ministry : pastor/people signals -- Assessing an invitation to move : congregational signals -- Assessing an invitation to move : personal signals -- Assessing an invitation to move : pastor/people signals -- Pastoral assessment -- The candidating process -- Moving from associate to senior pastor -- Moving from senior to associate pastor -- Moving from congregation to marketplace -- When you want to move, but no one's knocking -- Preparing the church for a pastoral transition -- Jumping out of the blocks -- Retiring or repositioning?
From the Publisher
The average senior pastor serves a church for five years. Most youth pastors move every two years. Why do pastors and other ministry professionals change positions so frequently when experts agree that longer tenures enhance ministry effectiveness? Are there objective criteria that can be applied to transition decisions, or must you simply rely on your sense that "my ministry here is complete"? In this valuable guidebook, John Cionca provides practical wisdom, evaluative checklists, and specific worksheets to bring some objectivity to your assessment of making a change in ministry. Based on surveys and interviews, along with ten years of experience counseling leaders in transition, Cionca's advice will prove invaluable in helping you decide if now is the time for a move. If you are being led to a ministry transition, Cionca provides helpful advice and planning suggestions that will make your move go as smoothly as possible. Before you move, you must read this book. Book jacket.