Before you move : a guide to making transitions in ministry /

Cionca, John R., 1946-

Before you move : a guide to making transitions in ministry / John R. Cionca. - Revised and expanded ed. - Grand Rapids, MI : Kregel Publications, 2004. - 246 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

"A revised and expanded edition of the previously published title Red Light, Green Light: Discerning the time for a change in ministry, 1994." --T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

The myth of the greener grass -- Sovereign direction and personal choice -- Assessing your present ministry : congregational signals -- Assessing your present ministry : personal signals -- Assessing your present ministry : pastor/people signals -- Assessing an invitation to move : congregational signals -- Assessing an invitation to move : personal signals -- Assessing an invitation to move : pastor/people signals -- Pastoral assessment -- The candidating process -- Moving from associate to senior pastor -- Moving from senior to associate pastor -- Moving from congregation to marketplace -- When you want to move, but no one's knocking -- Preparing the church for a pastoral transition -- Jumping out of the blocks -- Retiring or repositioning?

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Clergy--Relocation.

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