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?