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If your church is currently looking for an interim pastor, click the link below to learn how NCS might be able to help in the process.
Interested in becoming an Interim Pastor?
Thank you for your interest in having one of our TIPS serve your church. In this section you will find a summary of the process and some of the benefits of having a called, trained, and experienced pastor serve your church during the pastoral transition.
TIP Testimonials
We have helped churches all over the country as they navigate pastoral transition. Read some of their testimonies here!
“Good Morning! I am currently in the prayer place praying over first service this morning at Bethesda. As we prepared for coffee with the pastor today I am reminded of how God used you to restore and bring health back to our church family. Our services are filled with new faces and as I was praying just now I
was reminded that I wanted to see the old faces all come back because I thought that’s what it meant to heal our church. You were very vital in reminding me that it wasn’t about getting the old people back, but it is about reaching the lost. We truly are excited to see all that God is doing within our church body. I didn’t want to put off thanking you for that as I have so many times and then never actually messaged you. So God told me to do it right now! The Holy Spirit is alive and moving here and we are so thankful for your part in that!" – Sue Killian, Bethesda Church
“Our TIPs pastors provided pastoral leadership at a time when our church was needing that. Since they came with fresh eyes, they were able to identify where our church needed to grow and change to become more healthy. We are now hopeful, energized, and ready to be a part of what God desires to do in our community.” - Nancy Lake, Ferguson Church of the Nazarene
“In nearly six decades of serving the leadership needs of the local Church (capital C), I have observed that congregational health and growth are often compromised by senior pastor/preacher leadership succession or transition. At long last we have a wise, practical and strategic answer to address this need provided by TIPS. Now our churches have an immediate and quality resource to provide gifted and seasoned pastoral leaders to help bridge between what has been and what will be in the life of the church.” - Ken Idleman - former President of Ozark Christian College, and currently Vice-President of
Leadership Development for The Solomon Foundation
Response from Chance McKinney, Board Chair – Church of God, Norton, Kansas
1. What were your church’s goals going into a relationship with NXT?
We went with NXT, we felt that we were at the end of the road and didn't know where to turn. Divine Intervention came in when a candidate applied and when I called to talk to him personally, had felt the calling to withdrawal, but had great experience with NXT and suggested it. Like he suggested, they came in and help with stumbling blocks our church had and helped turn them into stepping stones. We didn't necessarily agree with every suggestion, but we, as a church, were stuck in a deep rut of traditionalism and needed an outside voice to tell us so. We also needed to do a better job of out reach to the community and bring new people in to hear the gospel.
2. Were these goals achieved?
Yes, I say these goals were achieved and attendance has exceeded pre covid numbers. We are having baptism and people recommitting to Christ. Plus the out reach has helped bring new families through our doors.
3. What was the biggest challenge(s) you had to face within their T.I.P.S program?
To look at a situation through a different lens. We had congregants that were comfortable where they were and didn't want anything different. For the most part, people saw that the suggestions were for the most part good ones and decided to go along.
4. Is your church better off now that you have completed their program and have a new lead pastor in place?
Yes, I would have to say that we are much better off. It is something we needed. We needed the outside voice. Our church was not at a good point and within a few years, we would have people in the seats, but the church itself would have been dead in one generation.