Brian Croft features this pearler about how to spend year one in a new parish (especially for first time pastors): “Preach the Word. Love the people. Don’t change anything.” You can read the rest here to find all the necessary qualifications. 2004 in Mount Gambier Presbyterian was pretty similar to 2003. My predecessor, Rod Waterhouse, …
These eight traits are negatives for anyone, but if they are in those leading the church they can also imprint themselves on the character of the body. Posted at Catablog, from Ron Edmondson Here are 8 dangerous leadership traits: Immoral character – If the leader’s character is flawed, the leadership will be flawed. A leader can …
Daryl Hart provides a quote from a source most protestant Christians are unlikely to encounter. Here’s an excerpt. It is not wrong to want to live better; what is wrong is a style of life which is presumed to be better when it is directed towards “having” rather than “being”, and which wants to have …
John Knox, with one foot in his grave — The Mighty Weakness of John Knox, p. 103 Courtesy of IXMarks
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