Tag: Leadership

Don’t focus on the rewards that were never promised to you. Focus on the ones that were promised.
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Necessary to faithful gospel ministry is an investment in the next generation of gospel ministers.
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The habits and patterns of our spiritual focus in the present will prepare us for the day when we’re not front-and-center.
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How can the proverbial old dog learn to rest? The key is in not retreating completely.
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Pastoral ministry is not who we are. It is a wonderful role, but whether or not we are pastors, we are his children, and he is our kind Father.
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The year 2024 marks my thirty-fifth year as the senior pastor of the same church. After I step away, how should I be involved in my church?
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A healthy transition to “the next guy” depends in part on the “old guy.” He can support the incoming pastor or be a stumbling block.
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What a man who pastored the same church for 39 years aimed for and learned as he transitioned.
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A faithful pastorate should include a plan for how to end and to transition to the next pastor. Yet that plan should connect to and not conflict with the providence of God.
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It is vital that our primary identity is as a child of God, not the leader of a ministry.
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Leaving a pastoral charge can be hard. Staying can be hard, too. And deciding to stay or go is more complicated the longer one serves.
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Ministry in the middle years offers an opportunity to move forward while looking back at all that God has done.
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