Part of healing as the body of Christ is going to be listening to those who have devoted their time and energy to shepherding the flock.
Tag: pastors
What I Love about Pastors
A pastor is someone who shepherds people in the way of Truth. This includes caring for people, preaching the Word, confronting sin, and much more. Specifically, for the purposes of this post, I am referring either to those who the people of a local church have asked to shepherd them, or those who have nurtured new believers and, by default, have become shepherds. In this article, I address what I love about them.
7 Powerful Principles for Taking Your Pastor Under
October is pastor’s appreciation month, the time of year everyone lays down their agitated opinions of leadership and pretend to actually like the ones that lead them.
But what if you don’t like your pastor? What if you’d rather take him under and replace him with someone more in line with your ideas of church?
I’ve been blessed with great pastors in my life and as I have gotten to know their hearts I’ve observed several things that really get them down. For those of you not interested in pretending anymore that you actually appreciate your pastor and would rather watch him perish, I have neatly organized my observations about pastor depreciation into seven powerful principles for doing just that.