Posts

Showing posts from June, 2014

The Life of an Interim Pastor

As of this month, I am finishing a 13-month term of being the Interim Pastor of the church we have been attending for the last four years.  I was asked in April of 2013 to commit for six- to twelve-months to be the Interim Lead Pastor by the founding Pastor and wife who were moving back to the midwest to be closer to their aging parents.    It has been a different kind of ministry assignment than I have ever had before.  I consider myself a strong leader and a visionary.  An Interim (like a substitute teacher) is there to keep things going, help in the "in between" and not alter the DNA too much.  That's tough for me.  I like to get my hands on things.  I like change.  I like momentum and growth and dynamism.  I also followed a very loved and long-term founding Pastor and wife couple who were the glue of the church.  They had been there fifteen years.   Overall, the experience for Sallie and I was positive.  I was able to lead, speak most Sundays and be active in mi