I simply love this (from Trevin Wax’s blog):
From Bob Russell’s book about the transition of leadership that took place at the church he planted:
Matt Chalfant served as Chairman of the Elders during the transition. One long-time member confronted him one Sunday morning and demanded, “I want to know what you Elders are going to do when the man who built this church is gone?”
Matt kept his cool and calmly replied, “I want you to know that the Man who built this church died 2000 years ago and His church will continue to do quite well because He’s alive and will still be with us.”
Good answer.
From Transition Plan: 7 Secrets Every Leader Needs to Know
by Bob Russell, page 99. (Check out [Wax’s] conversation with Bob Russell about his book here.)
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