Elephant in the Boardroom

THE AUTHORSCAROLYN WEESE is executive director of Multi-Staff Ministries, a consulting group based in Goodyear, Arizona, serving hundreds of churches from many denominations in thirty-six states. She has twenty years experience helping congregations with leadership development, succession planning, and other human relation issues. J. RUSSELL CRABTREE is executive director of Holy Cow! Consulting in Columbus, Ohio, a company that offers organizational development services for religious, government, and nonprofit organizations.

• List of Exhibits xiiiPreface xvAcknowledgments xviiIntroduction 1Part One: The Principles, Cost, and Players in Health-Based Transition 111 Principles of Transition, Jesus Style 132 Counting the Cost 293 The Five Key Players in a Healthy Transition 41Part Two: The Four Church Cultures: Family, Icon, Archival, and Replication 554 One Church, Four Variations 575 Transition Strategies for Leaders in a Family Culture 696 Transition Strategies for Leaders in an Icon Culture 857 Transition Strategies for Leaders in an Archival Culture 998 Transition Strategies for Leaders in a Replication Culture 115Part Three: Components of a Transition Plan 1279 Strategic Planning and the Search Process 12910 The Asset-Preserving Ministry 14511 A Capability-and-Maturity Model for Churches 15912 Pastoral Transitions in Low-Performing Churches 17713 A Plan for Responding to the Crisis of Sudden Transitions 18714 Getting Started on a Plan for Your Church 195Appendix: The Church Planning Questionnaire 201The Authors 209About Leadership Network 211Index 213