Category: Interviewing for an Interim Position

Posted in Assessments and Evaluations, Change Management, Church Growth & Vitality, Conflict Management, Interviewing for an Interim Position, Search Committees Tagged with

12 min 33 s

Rev. Cindy Mueller

  • Helping a congregation understand the value of having a trained intentional interim minister
  • Difference between an “interim minister” and an “intentional (trained) interim minister”
  • Guidance for lay leaders as they approach the interim time
  • How to lower the anxiety during the interim time
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Posted in Boundaries, Change Management, Church Decline, Contracting and Negotiating Before Beginning, Entering and Engaging the Congregation, Interviewing for an Interim Position, Leadership Development, Legacy Churches / Church Closing, Managing Expectations, Self-Care Tagged with

12 min 07s

Book came out of my experiments, failures & successes of a more laid-back approach to ministry;

Laidback means pastoring from the sidelines rather than from center court.

My Aha! moment after season of being burned out came when I wasn’t insisting on being in the center of everything & the church was still doing just fine;

I know I’ve done well equipping them when they own the ideas, not saying “Pastor Liz said we should…” As a transition pastor, key to be able to very quickly say: This is who I am. This is what you will experience working with me.

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12 min 28s

I’ve come to realize that transitional ministry in a church in transition feels very similar to a settled position, but it’s a lot more honest about the transitions that are happening there at the forefront, rather than in the background;

Avoid giving in to the sense of urgency by doing too much myself; rather, staying on the sidelines for equipping and empowering people;

A lot of helping the congregation reframe ownership for existing things or new ideas so it’s really coming from them, not just what a pastor said they should do;

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