Just for the Pastors 14: Shepherds Will Die for their Sheep!

I worked the best part of eighteen hours yesterday, answering emails, praying for people, sorting out expenses, sorting out copyright licences. I have just managed to get an hour at the gym today, and came back, and I probably have about ten hours work to go still. I am not saying this for sympathy, IContinue reading “Just for the Pastors 14: Shepherds Will Die for their Sheep!”

Just for the Pastors 12: Gathering

When I am looking for new pastors, one of the qualities and capabilities I look for is the ability to gather. When someone is a true pastor, people gather around them. It’s a part of the gifting on their life. That’s one of the reasons why I love starting potential pastors off as small-group leaders,Continue reading “Just for the Pastors 12: Gathering”

Just For the Pastors 09: Beware of Wolves!

In our last post, we looked at the fact that some people in your church are sheep and some are goats, and how you as a pastor can tell the difference. Often the people themselves do not know the difference! Many goats in your church think they are sheep but they are always fighting, alwaysContinue reading “Just For the Pastors 09: Beware of Wolves!”

Role of the Pastor 5: Feeding the Sheep

Shepherds have to feed the sheep.  That should be obvious, but there are a lot of pastors who are not feeding the sheep.  You cannot exaggerate how important it is for the pastors to feed the sheep.  You just cannot overestimate how important this is.  Your preaching to the gathering of the saints is soContinue reading “Role of the Pastor 5: Feeding the Sheep”