How does a conversation in a seminary classroom become a Sunday morning announcement about a succession plan?
In the first episode of Passing the Baton, host Mitch Benedict sits down with Pastor Lawrence to unpack the story behind one of the most significant decisions in Grand Point Church’s history: beginning the search for the next lead pastor.
This isn’t a resignation, and it isn’t burnout. After nearly 14 years of leading a healthy, growing church, Pastor Lawrence is choosing to begin a transition the right way — with intention, with wisdom, and with the whole church invited into the process. In this conversation, he opens up about the mentors who shaped his thinking, the years of prayer and counsel, his wife Penny’s role in the decision, and why he believes ministry isn’t a marathon, it’s a relay.
Whether you call Grand Point home or you’re a pastor or ministry leader wrestling with what comes next, this is an honest, hopeful look at how to finish one lap well and hand off the baton.