Managing change and transition in churches

CHURCHES FACING PERIODS OF TRANSITION need confident and well-equipped leadership. Interim Ministry is about church transformation. It supports parishes through periods of change, helping them adapt to new circumstances and discern positive, realistic and fruitful ways forward.

More about the Interim Ministry training

This online workshop will be led by Rev’d Helen Gheorghiu Gould and Rev’d Arlen Vernava. Rev’d Helen is Director of Interim Ministry Training in Cranmer Hall, Durham, and has served as an Interim and Transition Minister in the Church of England and the Church in Wales for eleven years. Rev’d Arlen is an American Baptist Church minister, and serves as Education Team and faculty Lead of the Interim Ministry Network USA. He has extensive experience as an Intentional Interim Minister, as a mediator and consultant, and also as a coach and partner for pastors and leaders supporting transition.

This event has three sections:

• Reflecting on the leader’s role in change and transition through biblical and other material, followed by small group and plenary discussion.
• An introduction to IM and theories of change and transition.
• The work of the interim leader, with group reflection followed by plenary discussion and Q&A.

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Date/time

Tuesday, 17th November – 2.30pm to 5.45pm

How to book

To register for this online workshop, click the purple ‘Apply’ button on the right side of the page. You can find the event in future by visiting your My library page and going to the Webinars section.

If you are interested but unable to attend this online workshop, please do register anyway – everyone who has registered will receive a link to the recording and to the resources shared in this workshop. They will also be available on this page after the workshop.