Beginning Ministry Together

Roy M. Oswald; James Heath; Ann Heath

doi:10.5771/9781566994743

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Copyright year: 2003
ISBN-Print: 978-1-56699-285-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-56699-474-3
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 148
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Preface No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
5. Introduction: How to Use This Handbook No access
1. PT 1 Structuring Meetings for Effective Committee Work No access
2. PT 2 The Governing Board in a Pastoral Transition No access
3. PT 3 The Transition Committee No access
4. PT 4 Saying Farewell to the Pastor No access
5. PT 5 Meetings with Judicatory Staff No access
6. PT 6 Holding Exit Conversations No access
7. PT 7 Interim Pastoral Services No access
8. PT 8 The Search Committee No access
9. PT 9 The Congregation Profile No access
10. PT 10 Identifying What to Look For in a New Pastor No access
11. PT 11 Maintaining Confidentiality No access
12. PT 12 Developing a Pool of Candidates No access
13. PT 13 Tracking Information about Candidates No access
14. PT 14 Communicating with Candidates No access
15. PT 15 Talking with Candidates No access
16. PT 16 Working toward a Final List of Candidates No access
17. PT 17 Making Background Checks No access
18. PT 18 Candidate Visits to the Congregation No access
19. PT 19 Working Out a Contract with the New Pastor No access
20. PT 20 Welcoming the New Pastor No access
21. PT 21 Telling Your Pastor about the Congregation’s History No access
22. PT 22 Discovering the Congregation’s Norms No access
23. PT 23 Evaluating the Ministry of Pastor and Congregation No access
1. ET 1 Making the Most of the Interim Period No access
2. ET 2 The Role of Transition Companion No access
3. ET 3 Leadership Changes During and After a Pastoral Transition No access
4. ET 4 Transition in Multi-Congregation Linkages No access
5. ET 5 When the Departing Pastor Stays in Town No access
6. ET 6 Sample Questions for Exit Conversations No access
7. ET 7 Survey Questions for a Congregation Profile No access
8. ET 8 Questions for Reflection on the Transition Process No access
9. ET 9 A Ritual for Ending a Pastorate No access
10. ET 10 A Service for Ending a Pastoral Relationship No access
1. CT 1 Surviving a Farewell No access
2. CT 2 Coping with the Stress of Transition No access
3. CT 3 Transitions for Clergy Spouses No access
4. CT 4 Forming a Pastor/Parish Relations Committee No access
5. CT 5 Discovering the Psychological Contracts of Members No access
6. CT 6 The “Honeymoon Period” of a New Pastorate No access
7. CT 7 Preparing to Make Changes No access
8. CT 8 Power Analysis of a Congregation No access
9. CT 9 Starting Up as a Redevelopment Pastor No access