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PASTOR'S REPORT, May 14, 1979
Church
1. Augusta, GA
2. *Cadillac, MI
3. Canton, OH
4. Harlan, KY
5. Mansfield, OH
6. Oak Hill, WV
7.**West Plains, MO
8. South Pittsburgh, PA
9. Kent, WA
10. West Pittsburgh
11. Atlanta, GA (East)
12. Atlanta, GA (West)
*Once a month
**Bi-monthly study
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Pastor
John Ritenbaugh
Gerald Weston
Mike Swaggerty--Pastor
John Foster--Assoc.
Mel Dahlgren--Pastor
Dennis Diehl
Charles Crain
Warren Heaton,Jr.
Don Lawson
Bob Bertuzzi--Pastor
R. Holm--Assoc.
Dave Havir
Marc Masterson
Harold Lester
SABBATICAL MINISTERS OFFER IDEAS ON MINISTERIAL TRANSFERS
(Reprinted from the May 1, 1978, Pastor's Report)
Among the many aspects of our jobs as ministers, perhaps one of the most
dramatic is the so-called "ministerial transfer." While the ministry in
all churches experience this phenomenon, perhaps we have gone through a
bit more than most. Since we are a part of a "mobile ministry," "pilgrims
in the earth," and since our moves do have such an impact on churches and
individual brethren (and each other!), we ought to become professional
in this phase of our jobs as well.
All of us on the Certificate of the Ministry Program closely identify
with this approaching reality. We want to share our concern and thinking
with all of the ministry via this article giving some pointers, guide
lines, and methods we think will help in making any ministerial move
smooth, administratively efficient, and as devoid of excessive emotional
strain as possible.
A line we have used in churches and Spokesman's Clubs especially, is that
"A man is known by his entrances and his exits." In the case of a trans
fer, one is "exiting" and another "entering." We believe that the most
important principle in "passing the baton" between two pastors is that