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YCORE: a partnership for interim
ministry promoting excellence, providing accountability,
and maintaining integrity
Excellence: believing that
God has called them to serve as interim ministers,
individuals need training to hone their existing skills
as well as to aid them in developing new skills that
deal with the dynamics of the transition time in a
church. Two courses are designed to meet this need:
Interim Ministry For Today’s Church and Intentional
Interim Ministry Basic Training.
Practitioners are required to attend training
updates, special forums, and leadership development
opportunities, earning at least 30 contact hours (3 CEU
credits) every 3 years. In addition, interim ministers
are encouraged to keep current with the latest written
resources.
Accountability: at the end of
the interim experience, an outside facilitator holds a
dialogue session with the interim minister and the
Transition Team to reflect on the work that has been
accomplished. The group talks about what went well, what
did not go well, and what they would do differently.
They also identify the strengths and gifts the interim
pastor brought to the congregation, as well as the
interim’s growing edges. A summary report is written by
the facilitator and examined by a Regional Review Team.
The nominal fee for the Reflections Session ($300) is
paid by the congregation.
Integrity: it is important
that all of those who have a stake in healthy
congregations have confidence that the ministry promised
to a congregation is what is actually delivered by the
interim pastor. Consequently, membership ($40 annual
fee) in YCORE is required for persons who wish to have
their resumes circulated by the Center as well as many
of the denominational offices. The Center keeps track of
the individual records of each practitioner, making
certain that the continuing education requirements and
Reflections work are kept up-to-date.
Level I Membership as Interim
Pastor
Level II Membership as Intentional
Interim Ministry Specialist and/or Transition Consultant
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