Book excerpt: Stepping Into The Shoes of a Predecessor is an attempt to help pastors, churches, organizations and ministries to better understand the process and aspects of ministry transition. Transfer of responsibility and authority often entails much more than is recognized on the surface, with issues and circumstances arising that can either enhance or deter the potential opportunities and/or success of such transitions. In this book, the author has examined eighteen biblical occasions of authority transitions from which he has drawn observations, principle, and lessons that can be applied to almost any situation today.