Behind the Scenes of a Transition

About this episode

The episode discusses the leadership transition at Rock Family Church, focusing on trust, succession, and communication.

Leadership transitions are one of the most vulnerable moments in ministry and often one of the least talked about honestly. On January 18th I will shift to Founding Pastor and Josh Hawk (unrelated) will become the new Lead Pastor here at Rock Family Church. In this month’s podcast, Josh and I pull back the curtain on an active, real-time leadership handoff. We talk candidly about trust, succession, communication, and how to lead change without division, insecurity, or loss of mome...

People in this episode

Host: Dean Hawk

Guest: Josh Hawk

Topics covered

• leadership transitions
• ministry
• trust
• succession
• communication
• leading change

Keywords

• leadership
• transition
• ministry
• trust
• succession
• communication
• change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rock Family Church

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