The Elephant in the Boardroom: Speaking the Unspoken about Pastoral Transitions

One way or another, every church will eventually lose its pastor or minister yet few congregations prepare for this dramatic event. The pastor’s departure evokes a range of reactions and problems–sorrow and grief, uncertainty, loss of mission and momentum, power struggles–yet no one wants to talk about this elephant in the church boardroom.

Carolyn Weese and J. Russell Crabtree–experts in the field of church leadership–have written a nuts-and-bolts guide to developing a succession plan for s...