{"id":26393,"date":"2026-01-06T00:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T00:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=26393"},"modified":"2026-01-09T23:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:20:25","slug":"book-discussion-on-how-to-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/book-discussion-on-how-to-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Part-Time Pastor; Full-Time Church book discussion to address \u2018how to lead\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>How to Lead When You Don\u2019t Know Where You\u2019re Going: Leading in a Liminal Season<\/em> by Susan Beaumont is the book chosen for an upcoming online book discussion sponsored by the Church of the Brethren Ministry Office and the Part-Time Pastor; Full-Time Church program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLiminality is defined as the transitional phase between two different states\u2014the threshold between what was and what is coming,\u201d said an announcement. \u201cMany congregational leaders recognize that they are in that transitional place. The church they were trained to lead is receding in the rear-view, and what is emerging isn\u2019t fully known or understood yet. Author and consultant Susan Beaumont offers practical and inspirational guidance for leaders living in the threshold between past and future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCircuit rider\u201d John Fillmore will facilitate the seven-week discussion on Beaumont\u2019s book beginning on Feb. 3. Sessions will be held weekly on Tuesday evenings beginning at 7 p.m. (Eastern time) and participants may request continuing education credit through the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership for a $10 fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To register for the book study go to <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/X7aRc44FZkCDPtEW9\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/X7aRc44FZkCDPtEW9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8212; Nancy Sollenberger Heishman, director of the Ministry Office of the Church of the Brethren, provided this information to Newsline. Find out more about Part-Time Pastor; Full-Time Church at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ministryoffice\/part-time-pastor\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/ministryoffice\/part-time-pastor\">www.brethren.org\/ministryoffice\/part-time-pastor<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Beaumontbook-600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Beaumontbook-600px.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Beaumontbook-600px-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a>#MissionAndMinistryBoard #StrategicPlan #RacialJustice #LoveOurNeighbors #Discipleship #NewTestamentGiving<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/six-awards-from-associated-church-press\/\">Messenger and Communications receive six awards from the Associated Church Press<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/pastoral-care-in-focus-in-honduras\/\">Pastoral care in focus on a trip to Honduras to support deported church members<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/learnings-from-l-e-a-d-conference\/\">\u2018What got us here won\u2019t get us there\u2019: Learnings from the L.E.A.D. Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/wfc-hiroshima-seeks-volunteers\/\">World Friendship Center in Hiroshima seeks volunteer co-directors through Brethren Volunteer Service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/virtual-delegate-briefing-may-27\/\">Annual Conference officers to host virtual delegate briefing on May 27<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Lead When You Don\u2019t Know Where You\u2019re Going: Leading in a Liminal Season by Susan Beaumont is the book chosen for an upcoming online book discussion sponsored by the Church of the Brethren Ministry Office and the Part-Time Pastor; Full-Time Church program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[3576,3146,2155,1267,1561,2264,1914,1304,3095],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-26393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-book-discussion","tag-john-fillmore","tag-leadership","tag-ministry-office","tag-office-of-ministry","tag-online-events","tag-part-time-pastor-full-time-church","tag-training","tag-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26396,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26393\/revisions\/26396"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26393"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=26393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}