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    By Marvin Anthony Moss

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    Most new leaders hear the same phrase in some form: “This is the way we do it here.” Resistance to change is common, and it is deadly to new church leadership.
    Leadership transition is a critical point for the church and its new leader. Incoming leaders need a realistic perspective and practical ideas, whether their successor was long-term or interim, highly effective or dysfunctional, beloved or unpopular.
    The author writes from personal experience: He helped transform a small, dying congregation, and later transitioned into leadership at a nationally recognized, historic congregation. He draws from these experiences and biblical examples to focus on practical principles, empowering the new leader to build a solid foundation.
    The Next leader is calm, determined, and effective, no matter who came before.

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    PublisherAbingdon Press
    Release dateNov 19, 2013
    ISBN9781426774836
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    Marvin Anthony Moss

    Dr. Marvin Anthony Moss is the Senior Pastor of Cascade United Methodist Church. He is a graduate of Hampton University, the Naval Chaplains Reserve Officers School; holds a Master of Divinity Degree from Gammon Theological Seminary at the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC); and a Doctor of Ministry Degree from Drew University. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc. He has been the recipient of countless awards including the Denman Evangelism Award for Church Growth, the Freeman United Methodist Men Leadership Award, the NAACP s 2009 Emancipation Award and, Gospel Choice Award, an Excellence in Spiritual Leadership Award and, in April of 2009, he became one of 58 inductees into the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers of Morehouse College. He is a member of Leadership Atlanta Class of 2011.

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      SURVIVING A LEADERSHIP TRANSITION

      Copyright © 2013 by Abingdon Press

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed to Permissions, The United Methodist Publishing House, P.O. Box 801, 201 Eighth Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37202-0801 or permissions@umpublishing.org.

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      Moss, Marvin A.

       Next : surviving a leadership transition / by Marvin A. Moss; with a foreword by US Ambassador Andrew Young.

             1 online resource.

       Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

       ISBN 978-1-4267-7483-6 (epub) -- ISBN 978-1-4267-5102-8 (alk. paper)

      1. Christian leadership. 2. Church management. 3. Occupational mobility. 4. Moss, Marvin A.--Ethics. I. Title.

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      2013038272

      All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™

      Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations marked NKJV™ are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations marked NRSV are taken from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to my mom, Bernice Moss, who is still with me, and to my dad, SSGT. Marvin Moss, USA Ret., who went home to be with the Lord in 1986. Their sacrifices and belief in me empowered me to keep fighting the good fight of faith. To my mom for making me read National Geographic so that I travel without leaving the house and to my dad, who served in the United States Army and made it possible for us to actually visit some of the places that we read about. I love them for exposing me to different cultures and truly helping me understand how to love all of God’s people regardless of race, creed, or color.

      Contents

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      Foreword by Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      1 – Hi, My Name Is

      Who We Are as Children of God and as Spiritual Beings; Less about Accolades and Accomplishments

      2 – From Moses to Joshua

      Out with the Old, In with the New: Making Your Transition Relational, Not Generational

      3 – Excuse Me, Where’s the Bathroom?

      Embarrassing but Necessary Questions: How to Build Community and Consensus

      4 – Are We Related?

      Establishing Connectedness: Celebrating Each Other’s Gifts

      and Abilities

      5 – Are We There Yet?

      How to Establish Mutually Acceptable Goals and Outline the Process to Measure Progress

      6 – I Need You, You Need Me

      Highlighting Interdependence and Establishing Process for Support and Accountability.

      7 – I’m in a Different Place

      No Longer a Member, Now the Leader: When Promotion Comes from Within

      8 – Spies in the Camp

      Dealing with Individuals Who Seek to Destroy the Vision

      9 – Celebrating Small Victories

      Appreciating Everyone’s Accomplishments and Affirming Others’

      Contributions

      10 – We’ve Come This Far by Faith

      Maintaining Focus on God’s Will and God’s Word

      Appendix

      Reflective Questions

      About the Author

      Foreword by Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young

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      Marvin Moss has written a pastoral epistle about transition. In reality it is about life in the Christian congregation.

      As a young pastor in my first two country churches in Thomasville and Beachton, Georgia, in 1955, I could have used some of this voice of faith and experience. But since there was no such guidance at hand, I made many of the mistakes that this book could have helped me avoid. A wise and tolerant group of salt of the earth Christians nurtured me for three short, wonderful years and then sent me forth into the world both chastened and humbled.

      Those years in rural Georgia with a congregation filled with brilliant minds but also life’s trials and tribulations taught me that the true faith of the church comes via the Holy Spirit in the life of the people—their daily dependence on God’s amazing grace and boundless mercy.

      Doctor Moss has lived through and grown in congregations filled with the faith and love of similar pastorates, but the variety of his experience has forced him to become more analytical in his chronicles of Christian experience. However, I don’t see this as just a book for pastors about church transitions.

      As I have moved through ministries with the National Council of Churches, the Civil Rights Movement, Congress, the United Nations, Atlanta City Hall, The Olympic Games, and numerous corporate responsibilities, I find the message resonating throughout life’s callings.

      Business is a ministry; teaching is a ministry; medicine is a ministry; and so is every life well lived. Marvin Moss has given us guideposts that are relevant to every aspect of Christian faith and citizenship.

      In these turbulent times it is important that we ground ourselves in the experience of faith, service, leadership, and servanthood that Dr. Moss shares with us in this narrative of service and devotion.

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      —Andrew Young

      Former UN Ambassador

      Acknowledgments

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      God’s goodness and mercy have indeed followed me all the days of my life. As I was completing this project, which is my first, I began to think of all of the people whom God had allowed to cross my path. They have been with me from the time that I accepted my call into the ministry in August of 1993 to beginning my eighth year in my second appointment as the Senior Pastor of Cascade United Methodist Church in June 2013. The unfortunate thing is that I will not be able to mention all of the people who have enabled me to serve God and God’s people in the way that I have. What a blessing!

      When I accepted my call into the ministry, I was a member of Wesley Chapel UMC in Decatur, Georgia, and Rev. Leon Hollinshed was the pastor. I vividly remember approaching him with excitement, exclaiming that I felt God was calling me into the ministry. His reply was nowhere near what I had expected. He told me that if it indeed was God, then the same passion that I had at that moment would be the same passion I would have in approximately a year’s time. To put it more plainly, he told me to take one more year to make sure! I am so grateful for his wisdom because after the year passed and I was able to move forward, I had an even greater appreciation for the journey I was about to embark upon. He told me that no matter how good it is or how bad it gets, always stick to preaching the word of God. Thank you, sir, so much.

      My next pastor was Dr. Nick Harvey. He was appointed to Wesley Chapel UMC in June of 1994. As I served under him while I attended seminary and went through the ordination process, I truly experienced unconditional love and true mentoring. He created an associate pastor position for me and gave me an opportunity to serve and learn. He and his wife, Dr. Kyra Harvey, nurtured me, prayed for and with me, corrected me when necessary, and above all else, modeled for me true friendship. To this day, we are friends, and they cover me in prayer. Thank you, Pastor and Kyra, for all that you have done and are doing and for all that you mean to me. I love you.

      This journey would not have been at all possible without Mr. Roger Young of Young’s Funeral Home. Mr. Young was good friends with the late Bishop Cornelius Henderson, who was serving as president and dean of Gammon Theological Seminary. I worked for Mr. Young by driving limousines, and he said to me, I see you as a preacher. Go to Gammon, and tell Reverend Henderson that I sent you and to let you in school. You see, I wanted to go to seminary but had no money and nowhere to get any money. I did as he told me, and the rest is history. The fact that Mr. Young was willing to use his name and relationship to take a chance on me was proof indeed God had something for me to do. Brother Young, thank you for seeing in me what I didn’t see in myself, and thank you for the mentoring and for the job driving for you.

      I want to sincerely thank Jennifer JT Thomas, president and founder of MediaReady Consulting. Thank you for pushing me, pestering me (smile), and putting up with me. Thank you for not letting me quit and put this project off, possibly never getting it done. You have had to endure a lot with just being as committed to this project as you were. You are the consummate professional and truly representative of the best that God has to offer. Thank you for your passion and dedication to this project and for always going the extra

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