Search Team Training
How do you suggest searching for a preacher that will be blessed by and a blessing to this congregation at...
The Search 1
It’s time to look for the next preacher. Who’ll have a part in the search and selection? How will the...
Preaching During the Interim…Workshops and Closing
My general practice is to present a workshop once a month on Sunday night. The workshop rules: They are very...
Preaching During the Interim…Church Problems
After nine sermons: two introductions and a series on discipleship from Luke 9:23, I preach a first principle sermon on...
Preaching During the Interim…Beginning
The aim of this blog (and I hope book) is to tell how I do interim ministry. There’s a better...
Evaluation
After an interim church has announced the new preacher and his arrival date, I go into the goodbye and evaluation...
10 Years in Interim Ministry
Joe Walker, one of the elders at Eddyville, Kentucky, called me in May 2006. He asked if I would consider...
Leaving an Interim Church
Someone, in one of our interim congregations, asked Gail, “Doesn’t it hurt when you have to leave a church after...
Learning from Previous Shepherds
In one interim congregation, I met an unusual number of men who had served as elders. Some were still in...
Timeline
Before we decide where we want to go, we need to know where we are. How big is the congregation?...