1. Transitional Interim Pastor
Pastor Leaves
Leading a church from
Anxiety to Anticipation
Interim Decision
Know Your Church
Know Your Community
Know the Plan
Know God
Know the Path
New Pastor
Assessment
Renewal
Planning
Anxiety
Anticipation
Transitional Interim Pastor
Implementation

2. Being a Healthy TIPs Leader
“You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth? That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”
Galatians 5:7-9

3. Being a Healthy TIPs Leader
“You, my brothers are called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature, rather serve one another in love.”
Galatians 5:13

4. The 3 Dimensions of Healthy TIPs Leadership
Confidence
Competency
Character
Healthy Leadership
Training & Experience: “Knowing the Skills”
Gifts & Passion: “Knowing Yourself”
Intimacy & Obedience:“Knowing Christ”

5. The 3 Dimensions of Healthy TIPs Leadership
Confidence
Competency
Skill Development
Character
Ineffectiveness

6. SKILL DEVELOPMENT Training: What we are learning.
Coaching: Who we are being exposed to and influenced by.
Experience: What we have seen or done.
Knowledge: What we are acquiring.

7. SKILL DEVELOPMENT Training: What we are learning.
Coaching: Who we are being exposed to and influenced by.
Experience: What we have seen or done.
Knowledge: What we are acquiring.

8. Six Aspects of the TIPs training
Know Yourself
Know the Church
Know the Community
Know God
Know the Plan
Know the Path
Competency

9. SKILL DEVELOPMENT Training: What we are learning.
Coaching: Who we are being exposed to and influenced by.
Experience: What we have seen or done.
Knowledge: What we are acquiring. C

12. SKILL DEVELOPMENT Training: What we are learning.
Coaching: Who we are being exposed to and influenced by.
Experience: What we have seen or done.
Knowledge: What we are acquiring.

13. Experience
One of the reasons you were invited to this training is because of your experiences.
Competency
“The best indicator of future behavior is past behavior”
Ridley

14. SKILL DEVELOPMENT Training: What we are learning.
Coaching: Who we are being exposed to and influenced by.
Experience: What we have seen or done.
Knowledge: What we are acquiring.

15. Knowledge
What we are acquiring in knowledge is just as important, if not more important, then what we already know
Competency
“A commitment to life long learning is critical to continued effectiveness in ministry.”

16. Suggested Reading List:
Knowledge
Suggested Reading List:
Simple Church
Leading Congregational Change
The Present Future
There is no “I” in Church
Natural Church Development
Who Stole My Church
Competency

17. The 3 Dimensions of Healthy TIPs Leadership
Confidence
Competency
Self Awareness
Character
Frustration

18. The Art of Self Awareness
Increasing Confidence
The Art of Self Awareness
Spiritual Gift Mix
Personality Type
Leadership Style

19. The 3 Dimensions of Healthy TIPs Leadership
Confidence
Competency
Moral Failure
Character
Disciplines
Spiritual

20. Spiritual Disciplines
Integrity –
“behavior and decisions which are consistently in line with our Christian principles.”
“It is what we do when no one is looking”

21. Setting Down Principles
Practicing Integrity
Setting Down Principles
What does God want me to do?
What areas of temptation in my life do I need to consider in setting down principles?

22. Practicing Integrity Develop Solutions
What will I do when faced with the challenges and temptations of my life?

23. Practicing Integrity Biblical Exploration
What are the commands and the promises from God’s Word I will hold on to as I live with integrity?

24. Practicing Integrity Prayer
How am I practicing the spiritual discipline of prayer?

25. Building Trust
Trust takes time to establish and seconds to destroy.

26. Building Trust
Reliability
Openness
Equity
Trust
Caring
Competence

27. SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES
Discipline of Silence
Discipline of Prayer
Discipline of Fasting
Discipline of Solitude
Discipline of Reading
Discipline of Worship
Discipline of Reflection
Discipline of Service
Discipline of Meditation

28. The 3 Dimensions of Healthy TIPs Leadership
Confidence
Competency
Character
Effective Leadership

29. “If my life is fruitless, it doesn’t matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn’t matter who criticizes me”
(John Bunyan)