Our culture is anxious and so are we. How can we pastor when there are so many forces at work against us? Listen to our latest conversation with @SayersMark today 🎧
This is the synthesis of both months of personal struggle & countless conversations sparked by our series at @EJCPod re: the state of pastors. Sustainable & resilient ministry will stay just out of reach if we can't reckon with accumulated anxiety - both in us & in our churches.
Our culture is anxious and so are we. How can we pastor when there are so many forces at work against us? Listen to our latest conversation with @SayersMark today 🎧
@EJCPod A very true statement. As I’ve gotten older, I realize how damaging the romanticized “lone wolf” Christian is damaging to true spiritual, emotional, and relational growth. Growing with your brothers and sisters is difficult and ugly. Oh but what a blessing!
The pandemic pushed Christians online. Many left their local churches for nothing more than a podcast. But you can't be a disciple on your own. Church is more than just information. We need the body of Christ.
No one wants to hear this. But what if God has been preparing you to pastor through even more difficult seasons to come? Maybe he's been strengthening you for more this whole time.
We all want to see our ministries be fruitful. But what if the only way to have a fruitful ministry is to focus on having a faithful ministry and leave the fruitfulness to God?🧐
Our culture is anxious and so are we. How can we pastor when there are so many forces at work against us? Listen to our latest conversation with @SayersMark today 🎧
You guys. Tomorrow evening I get to pick the brain of @SayersMark for @EJCPod re: his new book and how pastors are weathering the anxiety-inducing storm of rapid culture change.
What questions/challenges would you be most eager to hear him dig into???
Pastoring isn't a normal job. When we fail to care for the pastor's wife, the whole thing could crumble. 😲
We talked with Shari Thomas in this week's episode about the importance of the pastor's wife in a sustainable, healthy church.