It is too easy to say a book should be read by all Christians. Having said that, let me quickly affirm that every member of every church with a pastor should read Fight for Your Pastor by Peter Orr. Sadly, they probably won’t. Why? Because pastors are too concerned about the appearance of being self-serving. Therefore, they will hesitate to recommend a book that could be enormously healthy for pastor and congregants alike. This is just such a book.
Orr is a lecturer in New Testament from that highly appreciated stable of authors at Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia. Fight for Your Pastor was born from an article of the same name published by The Gospel Coalition Australia. Orr’s many years of experience in training people for ministry have given him unique insight into the spiritual and practical needs of their calling.
Orr’s purpose is to “help us as Christian people, as congregation members, to understand some of the pressures our pastors are under, and to encourage us to be more intentional and loving in how we relate to them” (94). He does this through seven chapters with simple titles that offer a church member’s biblical duty toward his
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