The nature of the pastoral role is defined by the Bible. The cultural context in which the pastoral role is expressed is changing. Rapidly. Canoeing The Mountains by Tod Bolsinger is a book that addresses the challenge of change. It even has a study guide. It must be practical.
Nick Kennicott considers the delicate pastoral situation of Christians who move from one church to another because of unhappiness with their last church. Faithful local churches want to grow through the redemption of sinners. Through evangelistic efforts and the consistent administration of the ordinary means of grace, there should be a healthy expectation that there …
In a longer post about leadership Brian Cosby illustrates how delegating tasks simply adds workers; it takes the additional impartation of the concept of how the execution of their task is significant in realising the overall goal or vision of the church to build a team. Something I need to mull over and implement. As …
Dan Rockwell reflects on this quote from the late George H.W. Bush: “I think history will point out some of the things I did wrong and perhaps some of the things we did right.” He notes that some who refer to the quote overlook Bush’s use of the pronouns ‘I’ and ‘We’, so even misquoting …
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