{"id":30463,"date":"2026-06-03T20:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T18:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/?p=30463"},"modified":"2026-06-23T20:22:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T18:22:34","slug":"after-the-pulpit-what-comes-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/after-the-pulpit-what-comes-next\/","title":{"rendered":"After the Pulpit: What Comes Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You’ve given decades to the calling. You’ve preached, counseled, planted, led, and shepherded. But here’s the question almost no one is asking: What happens when that season ends?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For most ministers, transition arrives either too soon or without a plan \u2014 and the result is confusion, isolation, and a quiet identity crisis that nobody prepared them for. The role changes. The structure disappears. And suddenly the person who helped everyone else navigate life’s hardest moments is navigating their own without a roadmap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beyond the Pulpit (BTP) was built to change that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BTP is a curriculum and coaching program specifically designed for full-time ministers who are approaching or already in a season of transition. It begins where it should: not with a business plan or a job search, but with identity. Who are you when the mic goes off? What does God have for you beyond the role you’ve known? And how do you build a sustainable, purposeful next season \u2014 financially, relationally, and spiritually?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Built around the LEGACY Framework, BTP walks ministers through six proven stages: from discerning the right timing and reclaiming identity in Christ, to translating ministry gifts into real-world value, building a financial roadmap, and launching into the next season with a strong support system around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not a retirement program; it’s a commissioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An eight-week Founder’s Cohort launches in July 2026. This inaugural group will be a small, high-investment cohort of ministers who want to navigate transition with clarity, dignity, and purpose, before pressure forces the decision for them. If that’s you, or someone you love, the time to move is now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a\u00a0Discernment Guide<\/a>\u00a0to assess when to intentionally prepare. Learn more at\u00a0btpministry.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beyond the Puplit is a curriculum and coaching program specifically designed for full-time ministers who are approaching or already in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":30464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[387,71],"tags":[],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-30463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leadership","category-news"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/behind-the-pulpit.jpg?fit=1300%2C731&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Sunday Awolowo","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/sawolowo\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-7Vl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30682,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/madison-wisconsin-seeks-campus-ministers\/","url_meta":{"origin":30463,"position":0},"title":"Madison, Wisconsin Seeks Campus Ministers","author":"Sunday Awolowo","date":"July 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Madison is home to 60,000+ college students, mostly at the University of Wisconsin.","rel":"","context":"In "Campus"","block_context":{"text":"Campus","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/category\/campus-ministry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/madison-wisconsin-campus-ministry.jpg?fit=1200%2C1002&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/madison-wisconsin-campus-ministry.jpg?fit=1200%2C1002&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/madison-wisconsin-campus-ministry.jpg?fit=1200%2C1002&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/madison-wisconsin-campus-ministry.jpg?fit=1200%2C1002&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/madison-wisconsin-campus-ministry.jpg?fit=1200%2C1002&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24362,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/radically-restful-retreat-2024-uk-ministers-wellness-retreat-recap\/","url_meta":{"origin":30463,"position":1},"title":"Radically Restful Retreat: 2024 UK Minister\u2019s Wellness Retreat Recap","author":"dtadmin","date":"August 19, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"God\u2019s Spirit moved powerfully this past April at the UK Minister\u2019s Wellness Retreat in Leicestershire, England.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/restful-retreat-UK.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/restful-retreat-UK.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/restful-retreat-UK.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/restful-retreat-UK.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/restful-retreat-UK.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19900,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/september-climb-small-church-conference\/","url_meta":{"origin":30463,"position":2},"title":"September is Registration Month for Climb Small Church Conference","author":"dtadmin","date":"September 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"We\u2019ve seen a record number of early registrations as excitement builds for this year\u2019s Climb Small Church Conference in Dallas - 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