Twenty years afterCritical Moment of Ministry was first published, Loren Mead returns to his groundbreaking work on one of the most important times in a congregations lifethe time between one pastors leaving and anothers arrival. In this revised edition,A Change of Pastors, Mead shares the wisdom he gained from 35 years of studying congregations, wisdom that he hopes will allow congregations to take full advantage of this extraordinarily pregnant moment during which incredible congregational change can happen.

Loren B. Mead is president emeritus of the Alban Institute, which he founded in 1974. Since his retirement in 1993, he has continued to consult with congregations, lecture, and write. He has written many books, includingThe Once and Future Church: Reinventing the Church for a New Mission Frontier (Alban, 1991).