Passing the baton

Church Transitions | How mega-ministries grapple with a founder’s departure | Lynn Vincent

Skip W. Sigh

Before a backdrop of soaring stained glass and the 6,000 gleaming pipes of a Ruffatti pipe organ, Tullian Tchividjian on March 15 preached one of the pivotal sermons of his life. Tchividjian, 36, pastor of New City Presbyterian Church in Margate, Fla., was preaching 12 miles down the road in Fort Lauderdale.

The occasion: Tchividjian's nomination to succeed D. James Kennedy as senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church.

There had been some dissent in the congregation over who would fill Kennedy's sizable shoes. Kennedy founded the church in 1959 and pastored it for 47 years. In 1974, he launched the multimillion-dollar nonprofit Coral Ridge Ministries, along with the Coral Ridge Hour, a television program that would ultimately reach an audience of 3.5 million.

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