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finding a new pastor

pastorjagan

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My Church just got a new Pastor. It took us about 6-8 months from the moment our Pastor retired, to the moment the new one started. We had the local Director of Spiritual Studies at a local University come in as the intern during that time. The deacons went through a bunch of resumes and interviews before finding our current Pastor.
You definitely want to make sure you make the right choice for your Church and I can see how such a long time frame can be discouraging, but just try to continually stress the importance of the Church Body staying together. We had a few people leave, but we just kept stressing the importance of the need for unity in this scary transition.

Praying for your church!

Dear brother/sister
thank God that you people have found a pastor after long time according to His will and appointed time I hope In between the Lord was working powerfully in the congregation. Praise God!! Jer.3:15
 
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Dear brother/sister
thank God that you people have found a pastor after long time according to His will and appointed time I hope In between the Lord was working powerfully in the congregation. Praise God!! Jer.3:15

Yeah I feel like there has been a lot of growth in the Chruch :) not necessarily in numbers, but everything feels new and exciting for us :)
 
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Our Pastor left recently. Our denomination leaders told our elders finding a new pastor will take 18 to 24 months. This seems excessively long to me and I worry that our church will shrink if it takes that long. Does that timeframe seem normal to most of you?

Where is your church located? I know a few great pastors in Texas
 
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