This weekend, as our Christian Education director and I were leading a training session for our youth and children’s ministry leaders, it struck me that…
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A good leader is sometimes called upon to lead others where they do not necessarily want to go. We Associate Pastors know this. We upset the…
Leave a Comment‘Tis the season for the preaching of associate pastors. During the summer months, when lead pastors take vacation time, they often hand us, their associates…
Leave a CommentA new article I wrote was posted to Asbury Theological Seminary’s Seedbed Blog today. “When an Associate Needs to Serve as Priest to the Lead…
Leave a CommentA new article I wrote was posted to Asbury Theological Seminary’s Seedbed Blog today. “When an Associate Needs to Serve as Priest to the Lead Pastor” is…
Leave a CommentI don’t always admit this, but I have been a fan of The Simpsons since it first appeared on the Tracy Ullman Show as shorts, some 25…
1 CommentThis is part two of two posts regarding how associates can be helpful to a congregation as a transition in lead pastors occurs. As the…
Leave a CommentSeveral times as an associate pastor, I have walked through the valley of the shadow of a change in lead pastor. It is inevitable for…
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