Introduction to Passing the Mantle

In the opening episode of Passing the Mantle, Dr. Peter Frost introduces a biblical vision for succession planning — the intentional work of preparing someone to carry the leadership you leave behind. We begin in the Jordan Valley, where Elijah trains Elisha and the mantle passes in a whirlwind. From there, Dr. Frost tells his own story: a mid-Michigan farm boy, a Navy sailor taught that he was being trained to replace the person training him, a seminary student, and a support missionary in Papua New Guinea whose quiet investment in one young leader helped produce the organization's first Papua New Guinean director. Drawing on his doctoral research into succession planning through intentional leadership development, he explains why succession differs from mere replacement planning — and why it all comes down to a single word: legacy. Whether you are a pastor, missionary, ministry director, Sunday school teacher, business leader, or simply curious about how Scripture prepares leaders, you are called to prepare the next Elisha. Next time: Moses and Joshua — how an 80-year-old, disgraced, adopted son of Pharaoh passed leadership to an unknown former slave.