A Change Of Pastors And How It Affects Change In The Congregation – Loren B Mead

But the search committee probably will want to plan to place regular reports in the parish newsletter or on a bulletin board. One should stay away from details (“we have 43 people on our list and have dropped 14”) in favor of general information. (“We are working with the parish pro- file to review the large number of persons who have been recommended to us. We hope to be able to visit a few of the leading candidates by two months from now.

Our goal is still to be able to nominate a candidate by January 1, but holidays may put us a month later. We will keep you informed.”) Confidentiality becomes more and more critical—even with the board. Premature “leaks” can be damaging to con- tinuing negotiations as well as to the candidates under consideration. Step Five: Decision/Negotiation The double name of this step gives evidence of the fact that things get tense-and-interconnected as you get closer to the end of the journey to a new pastor. These two actions of deci- sion and negotiation interpenetrate one another for quite some time.

It is possible for this to muddy things up—a good con- sultant can help keep the action clear. You see, the decision about the “right” candidate actually begins the first time the committee decides to drop a name from the list of active prospects. It occurs months before the final decision. And as the committee moves through its life and their actions move “down” the pyramid, dozens of deci- sions are made. Each one helps clarify what it understands the self-study to mean and how the group defines the kind of leadership it is looking for.

These decisions are negative deci- sions: By saying “no” to this or these candidates we are say- ing “yes” to others and to another direction.

Copyright © 2005 by the Alban Institute. All rights reserved. The Alban Institute, 2121 Cooperative Way, Suite 100, Herndon, VA 20171 This material may not be photocopied or reproduced in any way without written permission. Go to http://www.alban.org/permissions.asp. This book is the newly revised and updated edition of Critical Moment of Ministry. A Change of Pastors by Loren B.

Mead, originally published by the Alban Institute in 1986. Scripture quotations, unless otherwise noted, are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, © 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America, and are used by permission. Cover design by Adele Robey, Phoenix Graphics. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mead, Loren B. A change of pastors: and how it affects change in the congregation / Loren B. Mead.— [Rev.

ed.]. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-56699-309-1 1. Clergy—Appointment, call, and election. I. Title. BV664.M38 2005 253—dc22 2005004586 09 VG 45 Contents Preface Introduction The Pastor Is Leaving The Trip Ahead Steps Along the Journey The Terrain and the Climate of the Journey Important Fellow Travelers Changing Pastors and Change Itself Afterword Notes Bibhography Vii 11 zt 45 61 79 87 97 ee ee fneans My oe ; : : ; eo vane ne a 7 — ‘ saveten Dodane ae nn a ~ ee 7 nf ae nw – – wpa ly i A one ay – : wt a ea Lee ae yf Pra oy, “ – ce fKis r F —s r r) i i waa ; p – bare ee baad oy 7 \ i a 7 Be 5 ids a Lh ; in ad mkIMOT!

Yay Mei — wm * to se) m ] 7 KD. t H Fa ee 7 i ts ¥ bye | te – ; _. . ne ¥ iz i \ 4 “e re ba ae se ae ab aad: ays Feat Preface The ideas in this small book are intended to give you help in your leadership of a congregation.

But the ideas have a his- tory that may help you understand how to use them. Let me tell you a story. … The story begins for me in 1969 when I got a call from John Hines, then the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church. I was a parish clergyman in North Carolina at the time. John needed someone to manage a three-year experimen- tal program. I tried to find out what it was all about.

“To make parishes grow and get better,” was all I could get out of him at first. As I pursued the ideas with him I never got a lot of clarity about them—but they hooked me, because I just Anew that what went on in local congregations was important. Very important.

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