How to Hit the Ground Running: A Quick Start Guide for Congregations with New Leadership

By Neal Michell

A practical and comprehensive guide and workbook for new church leadership to set up a sustainable foundation, for pastors, vestry, and in administrative roles.

The quick-start program described in this book is designed for the new rector or pastor who wants to "hit the ground running." It is also designed for principal lay leaders who will be instrumental in the transition to new leadership.

The program takes the new pastor, vestry, or other leadership bodies from one month prior to the new leader's arrival through the first 18 months afterward. Organized in a user-friendly workbook format, this guide gives step-by-step suggestions on how the sometimes stalled and directionless period of transition in a faith community can be made dynamic and purposeful - a time of true congregational development.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898694752
• ISBN13: 9780898694758
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Church Publishing
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Leadership When It Matters

Neal Michell has written a very helpful book for pastors and lay leaders. We have known for some time that the start up period is critical in the development of a congregation, but most approaches to this topic have been psychological or sociological. This book is missional and leadership in viewpoint and contains many helpful insights for starting right. This book will also be helpful for pastors still within their first five years since many of the issues can be revisited with renewed insight and energy. I commend it to all who care about the health and vitality of congregations.