Pastors Are People Too

Pastors Are People Too
Author: Jimmy Dodd
Publisher: David C Cook
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2016-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1434710092

What are your top twenty expectations for your pastor? Now multiply your list by the number of people who attend church with you. Is it any wonder pastors are overwhelmed and underappreciated? They’re expected to know every member by name, preach a “home run sermon” every Sunday, condemn sin without hurting anyone’s feelings, and be available to serve others 24/7 while not neglecting their own family. The intensity of these expectations and lack of appreciation can and does bring the majority of pastors to a place of despair and ultimately departure from pastoral ministry. This practical field guide offers tangible ways to better understand and care for the pastor who cares so deeply about you.

Fight for Your Pastor

Fight for Your Pastor
Author: Peter Orr
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2022-10-31
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1433584794

Practical Ways to Support and Care for Your Pastor Do you pray for your pastors? Do you encourage them? Do you have realistic expectations for them? The office of pastor is simultaneously a rewarding and draining position. Pastors today have immense pressure on their shoulders and they need the support of their congregations. Peter Orr has written Fight for Your Pastor as an exhortation for church members to stand behind their pastors through the difficulties of ministry. Orr specifies ways in which congregations can be intentional in caring for church leaders, including prayer, encouragement, generosity, and forgiveness. Featuring stories from current pastors about their struggles, this book is perfect for thoughtful church members eager to understand the weight of their pastors' positions and support leaders in their important ministry. For Thoughtful Christians: Specifically those wanting to know more about their pastors and how to care for them Current: Features insight from pastors about their personal experiences in ministry Applicable: Gives practical examples of how to love and care for pastors, including specific prayers for church leaders and the best ways to encourage them

Pastor and People

Pastor and People
Author:
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2003
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780806646510

Insights on aspects of the relationship between pastor and congregation. A guide for those who tend the relationship-- pastors, councils, committees focused on mutual ministry, parish relations, personnel issues, and finances.

Pastoral Preaching

Pastoral Preaching
Author: Conrad Mbewe
Publisher: Langham Preaching Resources
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2017-03-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1783681802

More and more pulpits are occupied by motivational speakers rather than preachers. Church congregations are not being given a comprehensive, biblical understanding of the faith. Drawing on his own experience as a pastor in Zambia, Conrad Mbewe tackles issues such as the content of pastoral preaching, how pastoral preaching relates to church life, finding the time to prepare pastoral sermons, and dealing with discouragement. Throughout the book, it is clear that the author’s conviction is to see preachers grow strong churches, to build a people for God.

Preaching That Moves People

Preaching That Moves People
Author: Yancey Arrington
Publisher:
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2018-01-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780997946901

Pastor and preaching coach, Dr. Yancey Arrington offers a new paradigm for message preparation - one that focuses on seeing sermons emotionally, where preachers will be trained on discovering a message's emotional center, charting sermon bandwidth, and leveraging one's God-given personality in the preaching event. This innovative approach to preaching can produce more effective seasons in the pulpit where congregants are carried `down the mountain' of messages in such a way they can't wait to do it again!

People-Pleasing Pastors

People-Pleasing Pastors
Author: Charles Stone
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2014-01-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830841091

Charles Stone's research on thousands of pastors and ministry leaders demonstrates the dangers of approval-motivated leadership. Bringing together biblical insights and neuroscience findings, Stone shows why we fall into people-pleasing patterns and what we can do to overcome these tendencies for more effective ministry.

Pastor as Person

Pastor as Person
Author: Gary L. Harbaugh
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1984
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780806621159

Harbaugh captures your interest with dramatic stories of the inner lives of working pastors, weaving these stories into patterns of meaning from his own reflection and research. An excellent study guide for the individual pastor, the pastor's support group, or the seminary class that really wants to come to grips with the dilemmas of being a person who is also a pastor.

Caring Pastors, Caring People

Caring Pastors, Caring People
Author: Marvin Andrew McMickle
Publisher: Living Church
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780817017002

With so many broken and hurting people in our congregations and in our communities, how is a church pastor supposed to address so many needs? This second volume in Judson Press¿s new ¿Living Church¿ series explores the nature of pastoral care and invites laity and clergy alike to become partners in this essentially human ministry. Beginning with the traditional core of pastoral care as a critical function of the church pastor, author, professor, and veteran pastor Marvin McMickle expands that core into a second circle of care¿as the pastor equips and empowers church members to partner in caring for one another. Finally, McMickle throws open the doors of the church and challenges pastor, lay leaders, and church members alike to extend their ministries of pastoral care to the local community, through ministries of advocacy, justice, healthcare, education, and service. A richly reflective and utterly practical resource, this volume deepens the church¿s understanding of pastoral care¿and expands that compassionate and priestly ministry in the church and in the world.

Pastors Are People Too

Pastors Are People Too
Author: Alan L. Newlove
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2020-07-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1973694611

Every dynamic church has a strong partnership between the pastor and the active members of the congregation. A necessary ingredient for this partnership is a deep understanding and appreciation of pastoral ministry. What motivates your pastor? What are a pastor's responsibilities? What support does your pastor need? How does one discern a call to pastoral ministry and what does that mean? Pastors Are People Too addresses the topics of family, money, teamwork, responsibilities and authority,and more - all the while acknowledging and addressing a pastor's humanness - to provide a basis for building healthy, dynamic churches.

Shepherding God's People

Shepherding God's People
Author: Siang-Yang Tan
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2019-07-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1493418289

This comprehensive textbook on pastoral ministry for pastors, church leaders, and students articulates a biblical model for shepherding God's people. Written by a leading psychologist and seminary professor who has served as a pastor for more than two decades, the book covers twelve major areas of pastoral ministry, highlights the essential work of the Holy Spirit, and focuses on the personal and family life of the pastor. It includes cross-cultural perspectives of special interest in our diverse world and a foreword by John Ortberg.