Ligonier Ministries have just hosted a ‘Google Hangout’ with Sinclair Ferguson. Start listening and you’ll hear the dulcet Aussie tones of Nathan Bingham, then a forty-five minute open conversation with Sinclair on pastoral ministry, some of the concerns facing the evangelical church, and an update on what ministry looks like for him since his retirement. …
Thom Rainer identifies these as: “eight of the most common areas where ministers, particularly in America, are often unprepared for ministry.” I think it holds up for Australia as well. To these I’d add: Skill in developing constructive peer support relationships; and Strategies to cope with lack of expected fruitfulness for labour. Relational intelligence. I wish …
A pastor is an agent of change. Not all change is growth though. Some change is deterioration. Maintenance is a plan for deterioration as well. Ron Edmondson offers seven criteria to be a positive agent of change. You have to be willing to fail – Not all change will work. You can strategize and plan, …
Wisdom from Kevin De Young. An aspect of this is that leaders can’t fish around for the pity of others. It’s possible to be able to talk things around in a way that leads others to voice the sentiments of pity that you won’t voice yourself. Just about the worst thing a leader can nurture …
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