Joe McKeever offers what he characterises as the ten hardest lessons that pastors learn. One picks up on a change that is not a simple adjustment of terms. Pastors used to think in terms of calling. Pastoring was a vocation, not a job, because it was something we were called to by God, not a …
Some words of reflection about a pastoral ministry philosophy that is firm, but gentle; and does not come communicate disappointment and demand. Passion for growth of the kingdom can result as God’s people being seen as the means to implement a vision, rather than being the sphere in which the pastor serves. From Peter Bogert: …
The Care Of Souls by Harold Senkbeil is a book about pastoral ministry that focuses on the pastoral role as ministering grace, rather than managerial or therapeutic. In writing about being a pastor, Senkbeil describes how the acts of pastoral craft move from being habits to what he terms habitus, and how the pastor moves …
A list of eight areas (characterised as “shackles every pastor should shatter“). This one is a very besetting aspect of pastoral ministry: 3. Be Free from Fixing Some pastors are never happier than their saddest congregant, and they often feel personally responsible for every person and problem in the church. Pastor, you can’t pull everyone …
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