New seasons in ministry always have church leaders thinking about their future. At least they do for me. Just about every church leader I know says he/she feels called to ministry. But each person describes that call differently. Some people had a very dramatic time, moment, even second when they knew that God had called […]
Category Archives: The Search
When to Leave…
How to know when it’s time to go, before you stay too long Over the last six weeks, I have been surprised by the number of conversations that I have had with pastors regarding succession. While every conversation has been slightly different, they have all been similar to “I had a ten-year plan, but this […]
Before You Go…
The questions you’d rather not ask yourself With all the change that has happened in churches over the last six months, I am having a number of conversations with pastors about transitioning to a new church, a new position, or into retirement. Before heading into a new role, we need to be walking with someone […]
“You’re All Replaceable” -Jesus
OK… Jesus didn’t ever say that.But nonetheless, it’s true.It’s easy for those of us that are called to ministry to feel like we are indispensable. That is… if we didn’t do what we’re doing, it just wouldn’t get done.The Kingdom would be significantly worse without us. Right?(And hopefully, we’re all making advancements and our work […]
The Great ReShuffle of 2021
What I see happening A couple of weeks back I had the opportunity to join a regional church network to share a little bit of what I see happening in the year ahead. The short version is this: I believe that we are going to see a significant turnover in church leadership in 2021. That may not […]
Four Questions Every Church Job Seeker Must Be Able to Answer in 2021
There is no doubt that the church landscape has shifted significantly in the past year. Probably more so than I’ve seen in my 30+ years of ministry. Most changes take time. Years. Decades. But COVID sent the church into a spiral of change… change that instead demanded turnaround of days, and sometimes (literally) hours to […]
Five Reasons You Might Not Be Hired
I recently had the opportunity to correspond with a group of pastors and church leaders about their past hiring decisions. Almost every church represented admitted to making at least one ‘bad hire’ in the past. As we discussed the reasons for these employees not working out long-term, there were a number of reasons that came […]