{"product_id":"the-changeover-zone-successful-pastoral-transitions","title":"The Changeover Zone: Successful Pastoral Transitions","description":"How clergy and congregations can navigate the tricky transition from one pastor to the next.\n\nThe Changeover Zone\naddresses a critical and perennial need in the church: the process of\nhanding the baton of pastoral leadership from one person to the next.\nAuthors Jim Ozier and Jim Griffith offer practical, clear instructions\nand guidance for both clergy and congregations. They provide detailed\nsections especially for clergy who are taking over from a founding\npastor and for those replacing long-tenured pastors. The book is packed\nwith real-church examples, helpful tips and tactics that have been\nproven successful. This resource will expertly guide pastors,\nsupervisors, and congregations in nearly any church setting or\ndenomination.\n\nI just love this quote from the book: \"How fast\nyou run will keep you in the race; how well you hand off will win it\".\nOver the next 10 years we will see one of the largest pastoral\nleadership transitions in our history. How well we handle this hand-off\nto the next generation may well determine our future. The Changeover Zone\nis timely, helpful and insightful as we approach these transitions in\nleadership. Every personnel committee, pastor, judicatory leader,\ndistrict superintendent and bishop should read this book before\napproaching any major leadership changes. --Bob Farr, Director of\nCongregational Excellence, MO Conference, UMC; author, The Necessary\nNine\n\nThe Changeover Zone provides a roadmap for how to\nmake healthy pastoral transitions, especially in churches making their\nfirst transition or first transition in a long time. This book will\nhelp you learn how to not only survive a church pastoral transition but\nhow to thrive and gain momentum through the transition. We have\nutilized this roadmap in East Ohio and it works. I recommend this book\nto anyone involved with pastoral transitions at any level. --Kelly P.\nBrown, Director of Congregational Vitality, East Ohio Conference, UMC\n\nA\ngreat resource for pastors and churches who are going through\ntransitions. I love how the change in a church pastor is seen not as an\nevent, but as more of a process and from various key perspectives.\nThis will be a valuable tool for my coaching with pastors and churches\nwho are entering a season of transition. --Ken Willard, leadership\ncoach, certified church consultant, and author, Time Management for the\nChristian Leader\n\nWhen our church learned that both long tenured\npastors were leaving at the same, we knew we needed expert help. Jim\nOzier led our leaders in a workshop based on The Changeover Zone to\nprepare us for this scary change. In this book the authors use sound\nbiblical footing to show you what to do and how to do it, as you go\nthrough a pastoral change. --Cheryl Lee, SPPR Chairman, Ebenezer United\nMethodist Church, Suffolk, VA\n\nThe action plan for the 100\ndays before and after a change of pastors (the Changeover Zone) is\nbrimming with time-tested wisdom. Pastors, churches, and supervisors\nwill be prepared to not only minimize the pain and confusion that comes\nwith pastoral transitions, but actually maximize the potential for\ngrowth and new life in congregations. --Ken Irby, Shreveport District\nSuperintendent, Louisiana Annual Conference, UMC\n\nThis book is\nfilled with insight and excellent counsel. I have been using the\nauthors’ advice on making a great handoff for several years. You will\nnod your head as you read, and say, Of Course. Keep nodding. It will\nmake a difference in raising up stronger leaders and building\nreproducible systems. And that’s what we all want. --Cathy Townley,\nTownley Coaching\n\nFINALLY! A simple, straightforward way to think about an essential part of ministry - transitions. Transitions can make or break a ministry and too often they happen without the purposeful thought that can make them successful. Whether your context is a new start pastor moving on or a long tenured pastor receiving a new appointment, this book will be your comprehensive guide in the process of ending well and starting strong.- Rev. Nicole Reilley, Director of New Ministries, Cal-Pac Conference\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1501810413\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1501810413.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Ozier, Jim|Jim Griffith\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . 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