You have to measure out the message differently when you're an interim than when you're the pastor. The spouse of an interim also faces challenges. Boldt's wife, Jo, said the greatest difficulty is having to make new friends with every move. You get to meet new people, and they are nice, but you could never feel like you belonged. You have a honeymoon for a while as an interim.
Some interim pastors hold other jobs.
Steve Raulerson is a film and commercial actor and a public speaker. He also has done substitute teaching at area schools. An ordained minister, Raulerson said he puts everything on hold when he is called to an interim position at a church. People's emergencies don't run according to a production schedule. Raulerson described the duties of an interim as multi-dimensional, partly because of the different reasons for the vacancies.