My advice to a younger pastor
Pastoral Timing and Faith-Sized Steps (Letters to a Young Pastor)
Yes, of course. My advice was really about the long game. The best time to start preaching the connections between the actions and words of ...
Pastor's Pastor: Wisdom for young pastors - Ministry Magazine
Be assertive, not aggressive. · Pastor within the framework of your congregations needs. · Know your members. · Preach practics. · Pastor inclusively. · Avoid ...
Wisdom To My Younger Self - Knowing Jesus Ministries
1. Love Jesus. Pursue knowing Jesus better. Promote Jesus. · 2. Be vulnerable with your community inside the local church. · 3. You need thick ...
Encouraging Younger Pastors - | Ministry127
Encouraging Younger Pastors · 1. Help them understand that the size of the crowd does not always equal the spirituality of the church. · 2. Display a genuinely ...
7 Tips for my younger preachers (I) - Vanguard News
By preaching shorter at first, you can discipline yourself to get to the main points and not get bogged down or off track. Once you develop ...
How To Choose A Career: Advice From A Puritan Pastor
“What am I called to?” That's the question it seems most of us are asking. My friend Nathan is a pastor of young adults, and without a doubt, ...
Book Review: Letters to a Young Pastor by Calvin Miller
One of the greatest gifts younger men in ministry can receive is the wisdom of older men. It's why so many of us seek to find mentors, both living and ...
What Young Pastors Need to Know - Sermons & Articles
The people who demand the most serve the least. As a young pastor, my assumption was that the people who gave and served most faithfully would demand most of my ...
Young Pastor, Visit your Shut-Ins - God's Heart for Those
So, young pastor put down Calvin's institutes and go and visit your older members, they need you and you need them, they are vital to the ...
7 Tidbits of Advice for Young Pastors - Healthy Leaders
Fall in love with wisdom. Keep reading and studying. Keep growing personally in your walk with Christ, but also surround yourself with wiser ...
Learned Principles of Ministry from a Young Pastor - Baptist21
Before I began pastoring my first church, friends and mentors encouraged me to love the people and take it slow. At the time the advice seemed reasonable and ...
20 Words of Advice For Young Pastors - Charisma Leader
1. Always be a learner. Degrees don't signal an end to learning. · 2. Learn the stories of your people. · 3. Love the grandparents in your church.
What Advice for the Christian Life Would You Give to Your Younger ...
Given the way I'm wired, I think I would say to my younger self, “Work harder at being able to articulate the gospel clearly and simply, and ...
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PASTOR FALLEN FROM GRACE NEEDS YOUR ADVICE I'm a man in my 30s considering re-committing my life to the Lord. I became a Christian in my ...
GUEST POST: Help! I'm a Young Pastor... at an Old Church!
Perhaps you've heard the same bad advice: “If you do dirt, do it away from the church.” That is a sure recipe for failure. Be holy, not discreet about your sin.
I'm really upset because I asked my pastor for advice about a very ...
Yes, it was wrong for your pastor to betray your trust by telling others about the conversation you had with him — a conversation you assumed ...
The worst possible advice for young ministers - Pastor Joe McKeever
I was a senior in college when the Lord fingered me for the ministry. When my coal miner Dad got the news, even though his experience with ...
Pastoring an Elderly Congregation - 9Marks
Young pastors should take time to listen to the stories of older members. By listening, pastors may be encouraged by the Lord's work in their ...
8 Thoughts for Younger Pastors from an Older One - Chuck Lawless
When you stop learning and growing personally, you stop leading your people to be disciples. At no point do we fully “arrive” as a pastor. We ...
Help for the New Pastor: Practical Advice for Your First Year of ...
“This book will save many young pastors from unnecessary error and heartache; maybe more importantly, it will save the congregations they serve from the same.”.