Our church officially welcomes Bro. Jeremy Clemmons to our church staff as our Student Pastor. We are delighted God has led this family to CrossRoads. His is married to DeNita and they have three children: Alivia, 6; Chalea, 3; and Kade, 9 months.
As we begin this new season of student ministry, let us be reminded that our Sovereign Leader of the church moves His leaders and in so doing, brings new leadership to lead in new directions. One of the toughest assignments a minister can receive is to follow someone who had long tenure in the same place. There is a tendency for the people not to let the “old” go so God can do the “new.” This is only natural. But we are called to be supernatural and spiritual and to become followers of Jesus; not a human being. These are great times of our lives to discern who and why are we doing what we are doing.
One thing that can help is a good interim and we have had that. The last nine months has been a good bridge for us. Bro. Dan Arant has done a fablous job of ministering with our students and I have spoken of his effort in other writings.
But we must let God use Bro. Jeremy with his abilities and visions and not require him to be and do like someone else in order to be a success in our eyes. Let him be himself and go with the vision that God has given him. There will be changes. Some we will like immediately; others will be more difficult.
I know this is hard, but it is Biblical. There had to be an announcement in Joshua 1 that “Moses is dead, Joshua is now your leader.”
I hope one day someone will say these words to CrossRoads when I leave because it will need to be said.
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