Leading Your African American Church Through Pastoral Transitions

This practical resource is for the incoming pastor as well as for church leaders who have responsibility for ushering a congregation through a pastoral transition. Regardless of the circumstances behind the transition, author Ralph Watkins shares:

Helpful insights

Biblical principles

Practical strategies

Real-life example

These tools enable clergy, their families, and their congregations to successfully negotiate a change in leadership.

Features a variety of ministry profiles based on interviews with pastors and churches that have navigated a significant pastoral change of their own.