Mom and Dad Goodwin had finished the work God had given them to do at First Assembly of God in Pasadena, Texas, and it was time to move on. This time they were not moving on to another pastorate. Many invitations had come in to them to come and minister particularly on spiritual gifts, and the Goodwins were directed of the Lord to accept the invitations and to commend their church to the grace of God and to new leadership.
They left, not in scandal. They left, not in a flurry of accusations. But they left with an honorable reputation, with their integrity intact, to pursue the final stage of their ministry. The congregation knew that they were seeing the end of an era. Something precious to them had finally finished its course, and it was time for everybody to move on. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
This is how ministries are supposed to end.