Karl Vaters makes some observations arising from the deep and satisfying relationship between a congregation and a pastor. If you are where God called you to be, that should be enough to keep you there. You don’t have to prove your worth. You don’t have to justify your calling. You don’t have to see constant …
Something that I’ve become conscious of over the last couple of years is the link between growth in congregational size and change in leadership style. Increasing beyond certain numbers of people in a congregation is sometimes portrayed as a ‘barrier’. What is being identified in that is that at certain sizes a group of people …
Rory Shiner writes a perceptive article about an aspect of ministry that I hadn’t considered, but which makes sense. He poses the idea that the types of activity and attitudes which are great preparation for pastoral ministry differ from the activity and attitudes that usually constitute pastoral ministry. The experience of that difference is not …
A thoughtful answer to a difficult to respond to question. Darryl Dash frames a response to the enquiry “How’s ministry going?” “It’s hard. It’s joyous. It’s difficult to measure.” My generic answer to that question or variations of it is “Along.” Dash concludes: In the end, I don’t know how my ministry is going. Only …
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