by Barry Howard | Feb 5, 2020 | Opinion
The process of searching for a new pastor is one of the most crucial and important seasons in the life of a church. During this season, there is often grief over the resignation or retirement of the previous pastor, and there is both excitement and anxiety at the...
by Drew Patton | Oct 7, 2019 | Opinion
I fear my story is uncommon. That’s the depression – that I’m alone. I fear my story is all too common. That’s the cynicism and the experience – hurting churches hurt pastors. This story begins where my last ministry employment ended. I still don’t know why it ended....
by Dennis Bickers | Apr 16, 2018 | Opinion
I met with many pastor search teams to help them in that process while serving as an area resource minister. The majority of the churches in my area were smaller churches, and many of them were looking for bivocational leadership. One of the things that often hindered...
by Ron Sisk | May 23, 2005 | Opinion
On the one hand the recent spectacle of the choice of Benedict XVI as pope bears little resemblance to the work of a Baptist pulpit committee’s search for a new pastor. The dress is different, the pool of potential candidates is larger and your pulpit committee...
