Before You Move: A Guide to Making Transitions in Ministry
John R. Cionca
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Table of Contents
| List of Figures | 9 | |
| Foreword | 11 | |
| Preface | 15 | |
| Acknowledgments | 19 | |
| 1 | The Myth of the Greener Grass | 21 |
| 2 | Sovereign Direction and Personal Choice | 27 |
| 3 | Assessing Your Present Ministry: Congregational Signals | 37 |
| 4 | Assessing Your Present Ministry: Personal Signals | 47 |
| 5 | Assessing Your Present Ministry: Pastor/People Signals | 61 |
| 6 | Assessing an Invitation to Move: Congregational Signals | 73 |
| 7 | Assessing an Invitation to Move: Personal Signals | 85 |
| 8 | Assessing an Invitation to Move: Pastor/People Signals | 97 |
| 9 | Pastoral Assessment | 107 |
| 10 | The Candidating Process | 125 |
| 11 | Moving from Associate to Senior Pastor | 143 |
| 12 | Moving from Senior to Associate Pastor | 155 |
| 13 | Moving from Congregation to Marketplace | 167 |
| 14 | When You Want to Move, but No One's Knocking | 183 |
| 15 | Preparing the Church for a Pastoral Transition | 197 |
| 16 | Jumping Out of the Blocks | 215 |
| 17 | Retiring or Repositioning? | 229 |
| Epilogue | 241 | |
| Endnotes | 243 |
