For pastors with succession already on their minds, the pandemic may have stepped up the timeline. What might have been a distant point on the five-year horizon is now looming closer in both conversation and planning. For more than a decade, NL Moore & Associates has worked with long-tenured pastors in the planning and implementation Read More [...]
By Jamie Sipsma, NL Moore Senior Ministry Consultant Earlier this summer, I received the following auto-response from a pastor I had emailed: “I will be out of the office on sabbatical until __________. All emails received during this sabbatical time will be deleted and not responded to upon my return. If you are in need Read More [...]
By Nancy Moore President, NL Moore & Associates Pivot. It is a word every pastor has become acquainted with over the last year and a half. Moving from in-person meetings to online—and in some parts of the country, back to online. Indoors or outdoors. Masks or no masks. Changing the ways that care is provided Read More [...]
By Nancy Moore, President of NL Moore & Associates Serving on a search team is a high calling. These dedicated individuals commit their time, energy, and prayerful discernment to be a part of one of the most important decisions a church will make: the call of its pastor. Everyone wants to get it right. For Read More [...]