![]() ![]() The United States and South Korea have been expanding their combined military exercises and increasing regional deployments of U.S. Some say North Korea may try to wrest concessions from Washington, such as tying his release to the United States cutting back its military activities with South Korea. North Korea has used similar rhetoric before, but the statement underscored how much relations are strained now.Īnalysts say North Korea may wait weeks or even months to provide meaningful information about King to maximize leverage and add urgency to U.S. In between those launches, North Korea’s defense minister issued a veiled threat insisting the Kentucky’s docking in South Korea could be grounds for the North to use a nuclear weapon against it. North Korea reacted to its arrival in Busan by test-firing ballistic and cruise missiles in apparent demonstrations that it could make nuclear strikes against South Korea and deployed U.S. nuclear-armed submarine to come to South Korea since the 1980s. Last week, the USS Kentucky became the first U.S. The arrival of the USS Annapolis adds to the allies' show of force to counter North Korean nuclear threats. ![]() naval asset to the Korean Peninsula this month. submarine arrived at a port on Jeju Island in the second deployment of a major U.S. Harrison's comments came hours after South Korea's military said a nuclear-propelled U.S. ![]() Bob Kaylor is Lead Pastor of Tri-Lakes United Methodist Church in Monument, Colorado, and the Senior Writer for the preaching journal Homiletics. He leads workshops on clergy transitions and preaching and he blogs at ’s crossing came at a time of high tensions in the Korean Peninsula, where the pace of both North Korea’s weapons demonstrations and the United States’ combined military exercises have intensified in a tit-for-tat cycle. I truly believe that every itinerant spiritual leader and local congregation could benefit greatly from a serious read of this small gem!” Al Gwinn, Bishop, Retired Preview the introduction and first chapter here. “Bob Kaylor has spoken succinctly, clearly and insightfully to perhaps the single greatest factor that creates healthy clergy and healthy congregations-good transitions of leadership!. Kaylor! I’m giving a copy to all the pastors moving in and out in my district!” Gary Brooks, Wichita East District Superintendent The helpful toolbox at the end provides resources that really work! Way to go Dr. “A practical antidote to the unintentional missteps made by churches and pastors during transitions that lead to needless hurt and loss of momentum. Melanie Rosa, Mile High Pikes Peak District Superintendent This book should be required reading for all clergy in transition.” Dr. Bob Kaylor has offered a valuable resource to the church, which has the potential to improve both the quality and duration of appointments. This practical and insightful book offers a path toward creating a fruitful relationship between pastor and people. “A pastor has only one chance to make a first impression upon a congregation, thus the enormous importance of those first few months in shaping what follows. “ Jo Anne Lyon, General Superintendent, The Wesleyan Church This is a great contribution to the health of the church today. The Biblical examples are quite a surprising read in the context of transition and the principles applied today. Look no more! Kaylor has given us a sound theology on which to understand and act. “Too often we have looked to the corporate world on transitions. The key transition tasks outlined in this book will help you create momentum and move the focus of pastor and parishioners toward a great future together for the work of God’s Kingdom. Your Best Move: Effective Leadership Transition for the Local Church is designed to help pastors and congregations develop an intentional transition plan for those first critical months of ministry together. The announcement has just been made: the pastor is moving! Whether you are the pastor making the move or part of a congregation receiving a new pastor, transition is a time full of both anticipation and anxiety. Pastors and leadership teams will develop a transition plan for the critical first months of ministry together. ![]() Leadership teams will learn how to celebrate an outgoing pastor while showing hospitality to an incoming pastor.Pastors will learn how to prepare their congregation to transition to its new pastor as seamlessly as possible.Leadership teams who will be losing and/or gaining a pastor.Pastors who have received news of a new appointment. ![]()
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