October 5, 2024

On Being a “Second Pastor”

Call & Response

A “second pastor” is a pastor who follows a founding pastor of a church.  There are no guide books to being a second pastor, but there are several of us out there.  One day while in the shower, it hit me: look to the past.  Particularly I thought of Francis Asbury.  Here’s my latest blog entry for Call and Response, which sets up a series of four more reflections on Asbury as a model for second pastors.