PASTOR SEARCH
Learn about the search process for our next senior pastor and how you can come alongside in prayer through this season.
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As we continue the search for our next Lead Pastor, we want to thank you for your ongoing prayers and support.
Your participation through both recommendations and prayer has been a vital part of this process.
If you still plan to recommend someone, please do so by Monday, June 23.
Welcome Our New Interim Pastor, Mike Glenn
As Ronny Higgins recently shared on a Sunday morning, our Personnel Committee has officially brought in Mike Glenn as our Interim Pastor—and let’s just say, we are absolutely pumped! While we’re on the journey to finding our next pastor, we’re grateful to have someone with his wisdom and experience.
Here is a bit about Mike Glenn:
Mike grew up steeped in the life of the local church. He graduated from Samford University in 1978 and earned both his M.Div. and D.Min. from Southern Seminary. His ministry began at First Baptist Church of Edgefield in 1981, followed by First Baptist Church of Mauldin in 1985. He then spent 32 years as Senior Pastor of Brentwood Baptist Church in Nashville, TN, where he led remarkable growth, expanding the church to nine campuses, launching the Kairos ministry for young adults, and authoring four books.
After retiring from Brentwood Baptist, Mike founded the Engage Church Network to support pastors and churches in Middle Tennessee. He and his wife, Jeannie, married in 1980 and are parents of twin sons, Chris and Craig. Their four grandchildren happily take all their time and money. Mike will be preaching three Sundays a month, and we look forward to having him with us.
“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” – Romans 12:12
We are entering a fresh season of prayer and consecration in search of our next pastor. As a church family, we are setting a daily reminder for 12:12 pm to take a moment to pray as the Spirit guides us. Would you be faithful to lift up the Search Team, our church family, the staff, and the pastor God is preparing for us? Our desire is to draw nearer to Him, seeking His guidance as we faithfully follow Him.
For Paul and Linda, Lord, we ask …
– That the peace of your presence would sustain them as they “finish well”
– For the grace to hear Your voice say, “Well done, my good and faithful servants”
– To fill their hearts with a spirit of hope and excitement as they prepare to enter a new season of life together
For First Woodway Staff, Lord, we ask …
– To unite their hearts together with a peace that surpasses understanding
– For the grace to be a non-anxious presence as they continue to serve faithfully
– For an unshakable and hope-filled trust in your sovereign guidance
For the church family, Lord, we ask …
– That we would soak this entire season in prayer
– To keep the enemy and his schemes of division and fear far from our hearts
– To direct the gaze of our hearts toward you, uniting us with faith, hope, and love
For the Search Team, Lord, we ask …
– To draw individuals who will seek your will above all else
– For your spiritual covering over them and their families in the season to come
– That you would attune their hearts to your Spirit that they might prayerfully discern your voice
For our next Pastor, Lord, we ask …
– That even now, you begin preparing his heart for this call
– That you would protect him, his marriage, and his family throughout this discernment process
– That upon accepting your call, he would lead with a servant’s heart, reflecting your humility, love, and wisdom
