pastoral-ministry
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The purpose of an Executive Pastor
This is probably the clearest I’ve got it so far, and I’ve been thinking about this for a while. The purpose of an Executive Pastor is to: Help the Team Leader ‘lead’. Support the Team as it ‘teams’. Keep gospel… Continue reading
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The difference between counselling and pastoring is…
The difference between counselling and pastoring is charging. A good counsellor will only ever help people to identify and make up their own mind about morality. They might try and influence it, but they will never ever impose their own… Continue reading
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Be sad, but not surprised, when people lie
Even though you’ve read the bible with them, prayed with them, and cried with them… people will still lie to your face. They’ll lie about their sin, they’ll lie about their feelings towards you, they’ll lie about what they are… Continue reading
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Why Oxygen2014 is valuable
This year I’ve been given the opportunity to go to Oxygen2014 – as a blogger/reporter. I reckon that’s an offer that’s pretty hard to refuse. And it comes back to what makes inter-church conferences valuable. Inter-church conferences are when people… Continue reading
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Become a “ministry in broken play” asset #everythingcomesbacktorugby
There’s two ways of thinking about ministry; One type of ministry work is being the structure asset; the person who makes the structure work, who can gather the people and make the formal, programmed event happen. You can run a… Continue reading
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“don’t tell me if you don’t want to”
If you’re in pastoral ministry; teaching the bible, meeting up with people, etc., you start to loom large in people’s eyes. And that’s not bad per se. It’s partly how God has made humans. But it requires some important caveats.… Continue reading
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