pastor training

Pastor: Feed, Lead, and Protect

What are a pastor’s core responsibilities? Several years ago, Thom Rainer, conducted a survey  with his 12 deacons to discover what the church they expected of their pastor. He admitted to being surprised at the findings of his survey: in order to meet the minimum expectations of his deacons, he needed to spend 114 hours per …

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Pastor Daddy

Mark Driscoll has written on “Pastor Dad” which can be downloaded for free (and which I have not yet read), that reminds fathers that they are all pastors in their homes.  I am learning a few things about being Pastor Daddy in my home and am being reminded that just as all fathers are pastors, …

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Are You Too Big for God’s Call?

Tim Keller has posted an interesting article on his blog entitled, The Country Parson. In this article, Keller, the ardent advocate of urban church planting lauds the small country church as a training ground for young pastors. Keller is probably the last person you would ever expect to encourage pastors to live out their years in …

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New 9Marks Journal

The newest 9Marks Journal (January/February) is now available, and examines the task of pastoral training/mentoring in the local church. Check out the highlights here. Download the entire journal.