Soaring Between Pastors
Your pastor just resigned. Now what?
Nothing is more disorienting than when a pastor leaves, no matter the circumstances. Often congregations feel defeated. Some get mired in conflict. Attendance might even decline. Despair can settle in.
And worst of all, churches can lose sight of their mission.
In this book, interim ministry expert Tom Harris and church consultant George Bullard offer practical steps for strengthening your church during the interim period between pastors. Your church can move forward confidently after your pastor resigns – and even soar.
In their book Soaring Between Pastors, Tom Harris and George Bullard help churches effectively navigate the transition between pastors so they are prepared to move into a new season of greater gospel impact. I’ve seen the fruit of what they share here in many EFCA churches. You’ll find their insights to be helpful and encouraging.
Tom Harris and George Bullard synthesize their combined decades of experience into this captivating and practical guidebook. As pastoral turnover increases in the United States, every pastor, elder board, and congregation will benefit from this paradigm for church transition in tough seasons. Every exercise and case study will improve your confidence in making the right decisions. I’m thrilled to have this timely resource to share with churches seeking a healthy and profitable transition between pastors.
Tom Harris and George Bullard have given us a book that I wish was available years ago. Every church is inevitably going to face a pastoral transition. Harris and Bullard have written a broad template for how your church can flourish when that transition will ultimately happen. I’m recommending this as a “must read” to our pastors and church leaders.
If you are a church facing the transition time between pastors, let this book speak to you from the wisdom of experience. Let the questions confront you. Let Tom Harris and George Bullard shed light on what can go right and what can go wrong. Let this guidebook lead you to think through, pray through, and work through your church’s search and call process. You will thank God that you did so.
Soaring Between Pastors – Nothing is more disorienting than when a pastor leaves, no matter the circumstances. In this book, interim ministry expert Tom Harris and church consultant George Bullard offer practical steps for strengthening your church during the interim period between pastors.