Crucial Conversations and Interim Ministry
24 min 45 s
Rev. Doug Bixby
Rev. Bixby highlights numerous examples of the benefits of the settled pastor having some thoughtful conversations with the interim minister(s) who preceeded them;
The features of a Crucial Conversation;
Bixby shares several specific examples of things from the interim time that have benefited his settled ministry that followed;
The Crucial Conversation framework as a mechanism for congregational discernment / decision making;
During the interim time does the congregation primarily need healing or helping?
Doug Bixby is the author of three books. Navigating the Nonsense: Church Conflict and Triangulation, Cascade 2017; The Honest to God Church: A Pathway to God’s Grace, Alban 2007; and Challenging the Church Monster: From Conflict to Community, Pilgrim Press 2002. He graduated from North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois in 1993 and has been serving in pastor ministry ever since. He also serves as a church consultant and conference speaker.
You can reach him by email: dougbixby@gmail.com; on Facebook: “Doug Bixby.”
- Recorded in August 2025
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