What to do with the old pastor? Keep him around or ban him from the premises lest his presence stymies efforts to go forward under new leadership?
Denominations vary sharply over their policies related to ministers who resign, retire or are dismissed.  Pastors loom large in the life of a congregation.  The framework of the leadership model could  make them all-powerful heads of staff or more as teaching pastors amid a team of assistant/associate pastors with strong elders.  More often than not, the pastor commands such a major place in the …