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Welcome back to The LeadingSmart Podcast! Your hosts Tim and Holly tackle the topic that most people tend to avoid. Nobody wants to talk about church finances, but ignoring them during succession is a recipe for disaster.

🔑 What Tim and Holly cover:

• The three critical financial areas that can make or break your succession
• Why pastors stay too long (hint: it's often about money, not ministry)
• How to close the financial gap when your founding pastor isn't retirement-ready
• The sticker shock of paying market rate for your new pastor
• Creative ways to fund that overlap season without breaking the bank
• Getting real data on what pastors actually make in your area

💡 You'll want to listen if you're:

• A board member wondering how to help your pastor retire without going broke
• A senior pastor worried you can't afford to leave
• Anyone planning a succession and realizing you need two pastor salaries
• A church that hasn't done a compensation study in... ever

🎉 Fun Segments: Tim and Holly's Southwest Airlines debate - they could NOT disagree more about cattle-run boarding vs. assigned seats!

🤝 Special thanks to our partners at Generosity OS (helping churches with capital campaigns and donor development) and Thrivent (church lending that actually makes sense for churches).

🎧 Next Episode: How to communicate your transition plan - because all this prep work means nothing if you can't get the message right!

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