Small Town Pastors

Healthy leaders, healthy churches, and Gospel growth in small towns—that’s what we’re all about!

[Small Town Pastors @smalltownps]

Content from our both sessions with Geoff Chang from our conference earlier this week on "Spurgeon the Pastor" are now up on YouTube. Find these audio/video from past sessions on our website!
https://t.co/dA3e02NXFR

[Small Town Pastors @smalltownps]

September 17 in WashMO! 90 min from CoMo, 120 from JeffCity, 57 from STL, 67 from DeSoto, 74 from Rolla, 86 from Mascoutah. Rural guys especially are used to driving. Sign up and join us! https://t.co/EFiPFlKz1R
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[Small Town Pastors @smalltownps]

Sound words from some of our forefathers in the faith. #preachtheword

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Our next Small Town Pastors conference in Washington (MO) with @geoffchang is right around the corner! Sign up today to join us! https://t.co/nuZwgSOtFh

[Small Town Pastors @smalltownps]

An interesting 🧵

Regardless of the health of your relationships in the church, pastors benefit greatly from regular relationships with other vocational pastors.

[Anthony Bradley @drantbradley]

Pastors need to revive local fraternalism. Their friendship needs for connection, vulnerability, & care should be met outside of their church in a community of other pastors. Today, we have pastors looking for friendships in all the wrong places. Other professions get this!

[Small Town Pastors @smalltownps]

Very interesting thread, especially if you factor in the small town variable. What do you think brothers?

[Eric Hoke @erichoke]

1. For pastors under 45. You will likely not retire a full time pastor. Begin reskilling now.

I’m the I help pastors get jobs guy and let me tell you, people who earn professional certificates find jobs way faster than the one who rest on their charisma.

Explore Human Resources, Data Analytics, Project Management to name a few. The options are limitless.

[Small Town Pastors @smalltownps]

Pray for a #smalltownpastor today! This is Chris Funkhouser with his wife Meg. Chris is the pastor of Pathway Church in Troy (IL). Please take a minute to pray for Chris' soul, for his spouse and their marriage, for their children, and for his ministry, church, and community.

[Small Town Pastors @smalltownps]

At some point, the thought of going somewhere else crosses every pastor’s mind. Here are some helpful questions to ask from Phil Newton.
https://t.co/tleoZlsLzJ

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

In all the places where you are weak, your Lord meets you with his infinite power.

[Small Town Pastors @smalltownps]

@dmichaelclary “an evangelical is someone who likes Billy Graham;

a liberal is someone who thinks Billy Graham is a fundamentalist; and

a fundamentalist is someone who thinks Billy Graham is apostate.”

Source: David Dockery via Justin Taylor

[Small Town Pastors @smalltownps]

SAVE THE DATE!

[Small Town Pastors @smalltownps]

@MattR1689 Thank you brother!

[Small Town Pastors @smalltownps]

Do you have brothers in ministry who know you?

[Brad Whitt @DrBradWhitt]

Five Reasons Pastors Need A Friend:

1. To build you up. Ministry is hard. It can beat you down. You need a friend to encourage you and build you up. Like Aaron and Hur, you need someone to lift your arms and heart and help you experience and enjoy the victory.
2. To talk you down. Walter Winchell said, "A real friend walks in when the rest of the world walks out." Sometimes, when the burdens are too much to bear, you need someone to walk in and talk you down - to keep you from throwing in the towel.
3. To push you forward. As pastors, we are all running a race - the race of ministry. And just like runners who run with a friend, you can achieve more when you have a companion in this journey. A friend can inspire and motivate you to run farther, to accomplish more for the kingdom than you could ever do alone.
4. To hold you back. Solomon said that there is wisdom in a multitude of counsel. You need a wise friend who can keep you from making dumb decisions. When you get upset, when you are in the heat of the fight, you need someone who can prevent you from doing something you will regret.
5. To invite you in. Ministry can be difficult, and pastors often walk that path alone. Having a friend invite you into their life and walk that path together is a blessing. As Ryle said, a friend halves your sorrows and doubles your joy.

BONUS: Reports say 250-1500 pastors quit each month. By investing time in fostering and building close friendships, we could drastically reduce that number and significantly increase the well-being of our pastors. How do we do that? By being a friend. If you want a friend, be one.

#pastor #pastoralministry #churchlife #churchleadership #ministry #preaching #friendship #friends #friend

[Small Town Pastors @smalltownps]

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[Small Town Pastors @smalltownps]

Register at https://t.co/CBLz8bN8gA. Deadline is 4/5.

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Our spring cohort is going to be using the book beginning February 22 at 11 AM. We'll discuss two chapters on Zoom for an hour every 2 weeks (2/22, 3/7, 3/21, 4/4, 4/18). Message us your email address, get a copy of the book, read the chapters 1-2, & watch for an email!

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A good question to ask.

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Miss out on our conference in Hannibal with Brian Croft? No worries! We've got video of Brian's talks! Here's session two. https://t.co/Rsr4iaB4XC

[Small Town Pastors @smalltownps]

Miss out on our conference in Hannibal with Brian Croft? No worries! We've got video of Brian's talks! Here's session one. https://t.co/ywhiY25wpa