Bryant Wright, Succession: Preparing Your Ministry for the Next Leader. B&H Books, 2022. 128 pages.
“One of the most daunting tasks that a pastor will ever face is leading his congregation to the future he will not see.”
Those words provide a fitting introduction to Bryant Wright’s small but helpful book Succession: Preparing Your Ministry for the Next Leader.
From 2010 to 2012, Wright served as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He was the founding pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church (JFBC) in Marietta, Georgia, a position he held for 38 years. Sensing the Lord leading him to conclude his ministry at JFBC, he desired to thoughtfully and prayerfully guide the church through the process of calling and confirming his successor.
Although Succession is written primarily from the perspective of the departing pastor, its foreword and interspersed sections by his successor, Clay Smith, give the book added perspective. The interaction between the two men, especially toward the conclusion when the “handoff” was made official, is both moving and refreshing.
SUCCESSION FOR MEGACHURCHES
This is clearly not a “how to” manual as much as it is the personal account of how one megachurch prepared, implemented, and evaluated a plan of
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