PIM Bulletin Insert Kevin Refirement 2015 - ABCOPAD · Interim Pastoral Leaders are important as...
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Interim Pastoral Leaders are important as transitional leaders. The region partners with congregations through both our internal Refirement Interim Network and the American Baptist counterpart, Transition Ministries. At any given time, we have about 10% of our regional congregations who are served by interims – that’s about 30 congregations. The Christian walk is all about relationships—our relationship with the Lord and our relationship with others. Pastors, as Spiritual Leaders, provide valuable guidance in both of those relationships. When pastors accept another call, retire or become disabled, it can leave a void in that Spiritual guidance. Interim pastors are trained to help a church focus on five critical tasks that a church must address during times of pastoral transition. Interim pastors can be God’s instrument for securing a better and healthier future for the congregation. The Five Critical Tasks of the Interim • Come to Terms with the Church’s History • Discover a New Identity • Allow Needed Leader Change • Re-Connect with Denominational Partnerships • Commit to New Directions Value added Benefits of ABCOPAD Refirement Interims A Qualified American Baptist Interim Pastor “on the field” Consistent leading in Worship and Bible Study Stability of ministry during a time of transition Churches typically experience greater ministry effectiveness during the Interim The church leadership is freed up to focus on discerning God’s preferred future ABCOPAD Regional Contact for Interim Ministry: Rev. Dr. Kevin Walden ~ [email protected] Your support of our Regional Ministry, “Aids us, Aiding Others.” It is through your contributions to PIM that we are able to help Pastors in our Region support one another as well as discover new and innovative ways to do ministry in their local congregations. You can give to Partners In Ministry through. 1. Your local congregation’s weekly offering, by designating your gift to ABCOPADPartners in Ministry 2. Through ABCOPAD’s Online Giving option, available on the regional website (www.abcopad.org). Your church can receive missiongiving credit for your online gift. 3. Send your check (made out to ABCOPAD) to ABCOPAD, P.O. Box 421, Hatboro, PA 19040 Thank you for your giving to Partners in Ministry and for your partnership as we minister together In Pennsylvania and Delaware. THE AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES OF PENNSYLVANIA & DELAWARE Kevin Walden; Jeff Johnson; Frank Frischkorn; Mark Mahserjian-Smith; Eric Kraihanzel Caryl Casey; Carol Bicking; Denise Veselicky Building Healthy Parnterships with Churches, Pastoral Leaders and the wider ABC Family to fulfill Christ's Mission in our world
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Interim Pastoral Leaders are important as transitional leaders. The region partners with congregations through both our internal Refirement Interim Network and the American Baptist counterpart, Transition Ministries. At any given time, we have about 10% of our regional congregations who are served by interims – that’s about 30 congregations. The Christian walk is all about relationships—our relationship with the Lord and our relationship with others. Pastors, as Spiritual Leaders, provide valuable guidance in both of those relationships. When pastors accept another call, retire or become disabled, it can leave a void in that Spiritual guidance. Interim pastors are trained to help a church focus on five critical tasks that a church must address during times of pastoral transition. Interim pastors can be God’s instrument for securing a better and healthier future for the congregation. The Five Critical Tasks of the Interim
• Come to Terms with the Church’s History • Discover a New Identity • Allow Needed Leader Change • Re-Connect with Denominational Partnerships • Commit to New Directions
Value added Benefits of ABCOPAD Refirement Interims
V A Qualified American Baptist Interim Pastor “on the field” V Consistent leading in Worship and Bible Study V Stability of ministry during a time of transition V Churches typically experience greater ministry effectiveness
during the Interim V The church leadership is freed up to focus on discerning God’s
preferred future
ABCOPAD Regional Contact for Interim Ministry: Rev. Dr. Kevin Walden ~ [email protected]
Your support of our Regional Ministry, “Aids us, Aiding Others.” It is through your contributions to PIM that we are able to help Pastors in our Region support one another as well as discover new and innovative ways to do ministry in their local congregations. You can give to Partners In Ministry through.
1. Your local congregation’s weekly offering, by designating your gift to ABCOPAD-‐Partners in Ministry
2. Through ABCOPAD’s Online Giving option, available on the regional website (www.abcopad.org). Your church can receive mission-‐giving credit for your online gift.
3. Send your check (made out to ABCOPAD) to ABCOPAD, P.O. Box 421, Hatboro, PA 19040
Thank you for your giving to Partners in Ministry and for your partnership as we minister together In Pennsylvania and Delaware.
THE AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES OF
PENNSYLVANIA & DELAWARE
Kevin Walden; Jeff Johnson; Frank Frischkorn; Mark Mahserjian-Smith; Eric Kraihanzel Caryl Casey; Carol Bicking; Denise Veselicky
Building Healthy Parnterships with Churches, Pastoral Leaders and the wider ABC Family to fulfill Christ's Mission in our world
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