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Gordon Simms' IPM presentation at Southern Baptist Church
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Serving, Strengthening, Stabilizing Churches
in Pastoral Transition
Serving, Strengthening, Stabilizing Churches in Pastoral Transition
Serving, Strengthening, Stabilizing Churches in Pastoral Transition
Introduction
• 85% either stagnant or dying.
• 80% functioning as organizations rather than living organisms
• 18% are without pastors
• 74 churches close each week
• 33 % have had a pastor leave due to a forced exit. From “reTurn ministry”
Dead and dying churches should concern us all. Millions of Southern Baptists attend churches that demonstrate little concern for the lost around them. Billions of dollars of church property sit idle and unused. This fact makes church revitalization also a stewardship issue. God has provided many stagnant churches with people, resources, and buildings. God has also given them a calling. They must be more than museums of past glory days.
Ed Stetzer, SBC Life
• Call to New Church or Ministry
• Conflict with Church leaders
• Forced Resignation
• Family, Health
• Moral issues
Lifeway
• Go into a holding pattern, become lax
• Power struggles
• Save money
• Call a Pastor as soon as possible
• Staff members preach
• Guest speakers
• Local retired pastor as interim
Southern Baptist Convention of Texas
• your church can move into greater health and effective ministry.
• A skilled interim pastor can bring strength and guidance to a church
• Carry on the previous pastor’s role• Give a sense of consistency to pulpit ministry• Keep the public aware the church is still going• Helps keep current programs running• A good job for retired/ semi-retired pastors • An upgrade from having guest speakers.• Primarily “filling in” till the new pastor arrives
Is this what interim pastoral ministry is
Unfortunately, many churches see
the interim period as…
A time to shift into neutral orDown time till they get a full time pastor
Exit of Previous Pastor
Entrance of New Pastor
Assess
ClosureSearch Process
Vision Renewal
Relational Renewal
Structural Renewal
Transitional Ministry
Pastoral Care
PastoralAdmin.
PastoralPreaching
This is not…. •a magic formula for success•a rigid plan of activities….
It IS an intentional process that is designed
to help the local church become all that
God intends for it to be
Intentional Purpose Intentional Process Intentional Planning
•Helps the Church Regroup• Identifies and Solves Problems•Evaluates and Improves Ministry•Develops Leaders and Workers•Unites around Shared Vision/Plan•Coaches the Pastor Search Process
Congregational studies
over the past twenty years
show that the time between pastors
is a pivotal time in congregational life.
It shapes congregational
growth, identity, and health
for years to come.
Let’s Join Together & Prepare Your Church For Its Future!
Questions and Answers
