2004
Trawin Malone
The Continuing Relationship Between the Search Committee and a New Rector: What Happens After You Say “I Do”?
This thesis develops the idea that a transition committee that has been in place from the time of the announcement of the departure of a rector through the first two years of the new rector’s tenure provides the stability to explore the spiritual, cultural, and emotional dynamics of the transition. The differences between the traditional model and the transitional model of clergy deployment are explored. If a transition committee has not been in place, then the search committee, functioning as an advisory committee for the first two years of the tenure of the new rector, will help in the transition. This thesis explores the results of keeping the search committee in place as an advisory committee.