Episode 215: Responding to a New Pastoral Life Cycle

Episode 215: Responding to a New Pastoral Life Cycle

 

Thom Rainer and Church Answers have revised the pastoral life cycle:   https://churchanswers.com/blog/the-life-cycle-of-a-pastor-updated/   Honeymoon: 0 to 6 months.  Challenges and conflict: 6 months to 4 years.  Acceptance and stability: Year 4 to year 7.  Inflection point: Year 7 to year 10.  Mystery: After year 10   Some reactions to this:   Honeymoons are shorter and might not even exist bad processes in finding a pastor unhealthy pastors moving from church to church distrust of organizational leaders Inflection points will the church move in a positive or negative direction connection to other pastors willingness to re-evaluate one's own leadership habits of personal spiritual health Mystery of the long tenure no pattern larger church versus smaller church rural versus urban versus suburban "fire in the belly" or "just hanging on" Must re-establish your leadership every 2-3 years rather than every 4-5 years Everything is sped up.   Contact Alan: alan@dtbatogether.com Contact Trent: gasconadevalleybaptist@gmail.com Facebook Website