I am currently serving as a Transitional
Pastor, which basically means that some sort of change is happening. The previous
pastor has retired, and it’s my task to get the local church to the next stage
of its life cycle. Something is going to change, and that involves the process
of deciding in which direction things will be moving. Obviously when I had the
opportunity to review this book I jumped at the chance.
Jeff Iorg has written several books
on leadership, and this latest, Leading
Major Change in Your Ministry, B&H Books, 2018) details the experience
of leading a major SBC Seminary through a major change: selling property,
buying property, constructing the campus, and moving to a different part of the
state.
This is not a typical real estate
deal, and Iorg talks about all the other things that needed to be considered:
the faculty, staff, and students, along with their families, who would be
impacted. Available housing for traditional students, plus those coming in for seminars
or visits. And how about housing for the faculty and staff? What about parking,
capability to expand, and the need to change from 20th century
learning styles to 21st century technological advances?
Iorg points out a myriad of things that impact
the process, but what impressed me the most was the several times that it was
so obvious that God was showing up and showing off. Things didn’t always happen
overnight, but when they finally did happen, there was no way to ignore the
fact that God's hand was involved.
So
often it’s easy to get discouraged when things don’t seem to be happening
quickly enough, so the frequent reminders that change is a process, a journey,
with bumps in the road along the way, will be helpful for anyone considering or
already involved in leading change.
I
received a copy of this book as part of the B&H bloggers program. I was not
required to write a positive review.
4/5
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