{"id":53783,"date":"2022-09-30T10:31:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T15:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=53783"},"modified":"2022-11-02T01:19:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T06:19:24","slug":"preparing-pastors-for-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/?p=53783","title":{"rendered":"Preparing Pastors for Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">A church\u2019s health is nurtured by biblically sound preaching. God uses his infallible Word to grow his church. But this isn\u2019t an article about preaching; it\u2019s about retirement.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120}\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The connection between sound preaching and a congregation\u2019s health is obvious. But what\u2019s the relationship between a church\u2019s health and a pastor\u2019s retirement? Is there a connection? Not directly. Instead, the connection is indirect by virtue of <span data-contrast=\"none\">pastoral longevity. <span data-contrast=\"none\">A church that is thoughtful about its pastor\u2019s retirement contributes to his longevity, and with longevity comes health. <span data-contrast=\"none\">The longer a man pastors one church, generally speaking the more fruit the Spirit will produce through his faithful preaching and shepherding (1\u202fCor.\u202f3:5\u201311).<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120}\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">A generous compensation package contributes to longevity. Pastors experience their congregation\u2019s love when their family \u201clacks nothing\u201d (Titus\u202f3:13). They\u2019re free to \u201cshepherd the flock of God .\u202f.\u202f. not for shameful gain, but eagerly\u201d (1\u202fPet.\u202f5:2). If you play a role in setting your pastor\u2019s compensation, then this article is primarily for you. Healthy churches can proactively plan for and financially invest in their pastor\u2019s retirement as a way to encourage his longevity.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559738&quot;:120,&quot;335559739&quot;:120}\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">I need to give a qualifier. Retirement benefits are not applicable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy churches can proactively plan for and financially invest in their pastor\u2019s retirement as a way to encourage his longevity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[793],"tags":[312],"class_list":["post-53783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9marks","tag-leadership","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/664"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53783"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53785,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53783\/revisions\/53785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblicalcounselor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}