MARC Record from Library of Congress

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008 090310s2009 nyua b 000 0 eng
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050 00 $aBV676.3$b.T73 2009
082 00 $a253$222
245 00 $aTransitional ministry :$ba time of opportunity /$cMolly Dale Smith, editor ; with a foreword by Loren Mead.
260 $aNew York :$bChurch Pub.,$c2009.
300 $ax, 194 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aForeword: How did it all get started? / Loren Mead -- Section I: Questions about transitional ministry -- What is transitional ministry? / Molly Dale Smith -- What do we do first? / John Keydel -- What does an interim pastor do? / Nancy Miller -- Why have a letter of agreement? / Ken Ornell and Molly Dale Smith -- Why can't things stay the same? / George Martin -- Why we fight / Terry Foland -- What is the appreciative inquiry approach to transition? / Rob Voyle -- How can we make plans now? / Robert E. Friedrich Jr. -- Section II: Stories of transitional ministry -- When the environment changes, church changes / Ben Helmer -- A story of intentional interim work in the United Church of Christ / Ineke Mitchell -- Being an "after pastor" / Barry Miller -- The best-kept secret in the Lutheran Church / Lawrence L. Hand -- Section III: Resources -- Resource 1: approximating equating terminology -- Resource 2: ministry transition process overview chart -- Resource 3: training for transitional ministry -- Resource 4: annotated bibliography -- Resource 5: a sermon on transition (John 21: 1-4) -- Resource 6: websites.
650 0 $aInterim clergy.
650 0 $aChange$xReligious aspects$xChristianity.
700 1 $aSmith, Molly Dale.