Moses was a great leader of his people. In the Scripture we watched him through his Calling, Leading, Mentoring, Retiring, and dare we say - Dieing.
In your ministry to date, you have likely experienced the first three eras of Moses life. Now you are about to enter or perhaps have already entered the fourth – Retiring.
The “Moses Factor” discussion is a new group that was born from conversations that are ongoing between concerned pastors that have either retired or about to. They have experienced some of the highs and lows of this era of their ministry.
This discussion board is designed for you. We would hope that your experience will be added to the ongoing conversation of fellow ministers as we face this fourth stage together.
Although this group is developed primarily for Ministers, others are welcome as well. Spouses and children of Ministers may well benefit with a better understanding of what their “pastor” has walked through or is walking through at this time. The same is true of Lay Leaders in the faith community.
Welcome from fellow Pilgrims of the Moses Factor.
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Announcement
The Moses Factor Team has just set in place some valuable tools to help with Pastors retiring.
The Moses Factor ProBoard is one of the tools developed to help you as a Minister in your steps toward Retirement – or now that you have found yourself in this new way of life. You can find the group at http://mosesfactor.proboards.com/
We have created this Discussion Board to help you on your journey. We believe the interaction and support from other people that have been through this process as a Minister will definitely help you. As well the very real accounts of the process are walking through now – both good and not so good… will help many as they make preparations for the future.
In addition to this the Moses Factor ProBoard, we have also this Blog at http://mosesfactor.blogspot.com/ This Blog is yet another tool to help in telling the story to a larger audience. Some may have come to this discussion group by way of the Blog.
On our Blog there will be individual stories posted by people that are on the journey. Our intention is to share openly the stories that Pastors/Ministers have been working through. We have found that there is great help personally to tell your own story. But we have also found that there are few that wish to hear the story around us. The potential is that when Retirement takes place, fewer and fewer people wish to hear your story. And after years of conditioning in your denomination, you may not be able to share the truth… out of fear. But you need to tell someone what happened to you – for your own sake. And for the sake of the Joshua-s that are following you.
To help you share the story and make more direct contact in a more private way we also have an email address that is mosesfactor@gmail.com This email will be automatically forwarded to one of our Moderators and the Administrator.
In order to publish your story on the Blog you will need to use this email address. After it is received and considered as to suitability and scheduling by the Moses Factor Team, you will be contacted.
While we hope to present a positive, uplifting story for all to read; we are aware that all stories are not always 100% positive. We will not refuse any story but we do reserve the right to edit the submitted material if it is consider necessary by our Team. We would hope that material presented would maintain a reasonable Christian decorum.
Remember “real people” are listening. It is the same now as it was when you led the Congregation each Sunday morning.
In the community at large, perhaps even in the community that you now live in, there are groups of retired pastors coming together to support each other. In some areas the Church Denominational Leadership has some one appointed to facilitate this. However if that has not developed in the area that you live in, we are hoping that this will begin to happen soon. We will do whatever we can to connect you with others. The e-Groups that this Blog and Discussion Board represent will never replace getting together with real, live people that are walking the same road as you are or have.
We hope that many “Clusters Groups” of Retired Pastor will form across the country(countries) when this is discovered. We also hope that it will not just be from one Denomination. Everyone is welcome!
Finally we hope that you can catch the vision that we have for this new ministry. We hope that you will consider your ministry as part of the valuable tool to help fellow Ministers on this next leg of their journey. Your story matters to us… and is the best story ever told. We would love to hear it!
Murray Lincoln
On behalf of the Moses Factor Team
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