Resources

This book provides guidance and healthy practices to navigate ministry transitions. Written for graduating seminarians, first-time pastors will...

Written by an organizational consultant, this book contains examples and strategies for healthy transitional changes that can be applied in...

This organization provides consulting and online resources for leaders who serve large congregations. Consulting addresses a wide variety of...

Written by a United Methodist leader, this article offers 50 helpful actions that congregations can take to ease clergy leadership transitions....

This resource frames clergy transitions as a period with potential to strengthen relationships between the new pastor and the congregation.

This article advocates for an increased number of trained intentional interim ministers and a larger number of churches to seek intentional...

This article presents a life cycle model that can help leaders understand their congregation's current life stage and anticipate inevitable...

Healthychurches.org shares good practices about intentional interim ministry and offers a database of available interim ministers.

The Center for Healthy Churches (CHC) believes in the importance of being Spirit-led in their consulting work. It is a consulting and...

This 35-minute video features Dr. Kilen Gray presenting about pastoral transitions, training for interim ministry, and navigating structures...