To be the most effective in your Interim role, you need to be the healthiest you can be. Being the least anxious presence in the room (a working definition for a well differentiated leader/pastor) requires a leader who takes self-care seriously and consistently. We'll explore together how to function in non-anxious, healthy ways – in […]
The IIM Discern Conference for this Fall has been cancelled. Please note: The IIM Continuing Education Conference will take place. Introduction to IIM Ministry The “Introduction to Intentional Interim Ministry” workshop is designed for those that are considering IIM as a part-time ministry when they retire. Attendance at an introductory workshop, commitment to this ministry, […]
Intentional Interim (Transitional) Ministry invites its practitioners to be well versed in and make skillful use/application of Bowen Family Systems Theory (BFST) in the observation, evaluation, and description of the health or ill-health affecting the life and mission of the Christian congregation to which they have been called. While such diagnosis cannot cause healing, God […]
Worship gatherings are central to the life and health of the Christian congregation. These gatherings reflect the congregation’s identity for themselves and to the community she is called to serve with the Gospel. During times of pastoral transition, the Intentional Interim Pastor enables the congregation to examine, evaluate, and seek God’s guidance regarding the role of […]
Introduction to IIM Ministry The “Introduction to Intentional Interim Ministry” workshop is designed for those that are considering IIM as a part-time ministry when they retire. Attendance at an introductory workshop, commitment to this ministry, and District-sponsored continuing education are required to be recognized as a Michigan District Intentional Interim Minister. There is a $55 […]
Living in healthy tension is essential in the Christian community. Tension avoidance, either by the prevailing systemic life of the organization or by the interim leader, will eventually lead to greater unhealth of the system and therefore lack of effective missional focus. A combination of lecture and guided table conversation will lead participants to greater […]
Serving in a variety of leadership capacities as an Intentional Interim Pastor has enough challenges as it is! However, in recent years two critical phenomena have simultaneously made congregational ministry even more challenging in this post-Christian era: the decline of the Church’s central place in community and the resultant aging and shrinking of congregations (with […]
Introduction to IIM Ministry The “Introduction to Intentional Interim Ministry” workshop is designed for those that are considering IIM as a part-time ministry when they retire. Attendance at an introductory workshop, commitment to this ministry, and District-sponsored continuing education are required to be recognized as a Michigan District Intentional Interim Minister. There is a $55 […]
This workshop is focused on the effect of a robust, biblical understanding and confident exercise of prayer in the systems, life, and ministry of a congregation in transition. Dr. Bill Dasch, a LCMS full-time pastor for 42 years who now leads a full-time prayer ministry, will share his theological, psychological, and experiential insights into prayer as systemic […]
Introduction to IIM Ministry The “Introduction to Intentional Interim Ministry” workshop is designed for those that are considering IIM as a part-time ministry when they retire. Attendance at an introductory workshop, commitment to this ministry, and District-sponsored continuing education are required to be recognized as a Michigan District Intentional Interim Minister. There is a $55 […]
The Intentional Interim Ministry Continuing Education Conference scheduled for May 13-14, 2020 has been cancelled.
Introduction to IIM Ministry The “Introduction to Intentional Interim Ministry” workshop is designed for those that are considering IIM as a part-time ministry when they retire. Attendance at an introductory workshop, commitment to this ministry, and District-sponsored continuing education are required to be recognized as a Michigan District Intentional Interim Minister. There is a $55 […]