At Head – Heart – Hand, David Murray provides a very helpful post on the subject of ‘A Normal Pastoral Visit’. I was not really trained or mentored in pastoral visitation as an elder or a pastor. This has meant that visiting is not focussed or purposeful. In this vein, of particular use is a …
Every pastor/preacher can empathise with this quote from Francis Chan: Once you pastor for a while, it dawns on you that nailing a sermon doesn’t mean lives will change. Or you’ll meet a person who’s surrendered everything to Christ, and you’ll realize that your sermon wasn’t even good and nothing you did caused him to …
Damien offered a response to my post on repentance in corporate worship. A helpful resource for those leading prayer during corporate worship (especially churches whose worship follows some application of the dialogical principle, the concept of worship as covenant reaffirmation, God speaks, the people respond) is the Jan/Feb 2008 9Marks ejournal. Articles include: A Biblical …
Timothy Brister at Pantings and Provocations has four helpful posts about being intentional in shepherding people from being new comers at church into membership. The Assimilation Process: Part 1: First-Time Guest Part 2: New Believers Part 3: Regular Attenders Part 4: Prospective Members
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