What can you do to promote unity in your church?.How would you rank the unity in your church?.Develop a list of the attributes of a successor that you know the healthy future of your church demands. What are the areas of giftedness in your church, and who are the gift-bearers?.Who do you think might be the most vulnerable during a time of leadership transition?.What first comes to mind when you think about handing over the reins of leadership to a new leader?.What condition would you like your church to be in when the leadership transition starts?.He speaks mainly as a lead pastor to lead pastors however, there are many questions that I found helpful for all church leaders. He uses his own experience to guide the reader through their own church transition. However, the transition can be good for all. His premise is that the senior pastor is like a father giving away his daughter to another prince at the point of his transition. He has three parts to his book: Preparing for a healthy transition, the choreography of a healthy transition plan, and living the new day. His book is 183 pages with a larger than average font size. In these pages you can discover how to do transition right, so you don't have to figure out why it went wrong" (Cover). This book seeks to " help a leader, the leadership teams, and the members of a church think through principles of transition as they prepare for the exit of a current pastor and the entrance of their new leader. He led Crossroads through a strategic succession plan that ended with the reigns of leadership in Chris Duncan's hands and the church in full stride in its mission" (Amazon). The scope of the church's mission expanded from serving a handful of families to reaching thousands across north central Indiana.
Crossroads grew from less than 60 to a congregation of more than 3,000. Jeff " pastored Crossroads Community Church in Kokomo, Indiana for nearly 38 years. Jeff Harlow wrote the book Dancing with Cinderella: Leading a Healthy Church Transition published by Epiphany Publishing.
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