In the News ... "Interim pastors help churches transition"

By Lyxan Toledanes
Reporter
Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - Losing a pastor may be difficult for any church, but when that leader leaves unexpectedly after many years of service, some churches may need a little help moving on.

Interim pastors are sometimes hired to help the congregation cope with the loss of a pastor due to death or retirement. The temporary pastors help the church transition more smoothly to their next permanent pastor.

“It’s just really to clear the palate,” the Rev. Jim Gill, interim pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church, said. “If you just go straight from the former pastor to the new pastor, there’s not a time of adjustment or grieving and analyzing and preparing."
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