Category: Leadership

Pastoral transition

Post author By andy.rowell
Post date May 4, 2021

Thread on pastoral transition:

I've had 28 Pastor friends resign this year. Almost all of them are transitioning to a new vocation.

What is occurring?
— Dan White Jr. (@danwhitejr) May 2, 2021

In August 2020, 51% of Protestant pastors rated their emotional well-being as average, below average, or poor.

This is lower than their spiritual, physical, financial, vocational, and relational self-assessments. https://t.co/49R9n0XgD8 @BarnaGroup @davidkinnaman pic.twitter.com/ojRUy0JCtp
— Andy Rowell (@AndyRowell) September 2, 2020

https://twitter.com/edstetzer/status/1387542242961678340

29% of Pastors Want to Quit: How to Keep Going When You’ve Lost Confidence In Yourself.

CNLP 382: William Vanderbloemen on Why 2021 Will Be the Year So Many People Quit and Future Staffing Trends

Thread of pep talk to pastors:
(a) struggling with the difficult of decision-making amidst the uncertainty of the pandemic,
(b) seeing high profile Christians act nothing like Jesus,
(c) with members snippy and outraged about our world,
(d) missing wholesome social interaction:
— Andy Rowell (@AndyRowell) August 31, 2020

Such a great question. @drjoshpackard and I have conducted research on this. A book is coming April 2022 from @Fortresspress. "Stuck: Why Clergy are alienated from their calling, congregation, and career."
— Todd Ferguson (@toddwferguson) May 3, 2021

Originally tweeted by Andy Rowell (@AndyRowell) on May 4, 2021.

Leadership

Plural leadership instead of a single leader

Post author By andy.rowell
Post date January 8, 2021

Yes, "absolute power corrupts absolutely." But I caution churches when they are excited about two co-pastors or a team of three, because by force of personality, one tends to emerge as the public leader. I gently suggest that plural leadership often introduces other challenges.

The Constitutional Convention briefly considered a presidency of more than 1 man.

But–as Hamilton suggests in the Federalist–co-presidents would hide behind each other to deny their sins.

There had to be a one-man executive, so he would be held accountable for his actions.
— Dr. Joanne Freeman (@jbf1755@mastodon.social) (@jbf1755) January 8, 2021

France created a five man executive in 1795. Four years and four coups d’état later, in came Bonaparte.
— David A. Bell (@DavidAvromBell) January 8, 2021

Originally tweeted by Andy Rowell (@AndyRowell) on January 8, 2021.

Tags Plural leadership, Single leadership

Church Growth Church Planting Ecclesiology Leadership Leading change Will Willimon

Thoughts on closing a church with declining attendance

Post author By Andy Rowell
Post date January 22, 2020

Thread below on the story that made the rounds yesterday: "Cottage Grove church to usher out gray-haired members in effort to attract more young parishioners."

First thread:

https://twitter.com/AndyRowell/status/1220057235432210432

Last thread:

https://twitter.com/AndyRowell/status/1220058532289994752

PDF of thread:

Download Usher out gray-haired members