Be the Predictable Pastor

Be ready in season and out of season. (2 Tim. 4:2) People don’t aspire to predictability. We value spontaneity and freshness above being conventional or routine. Yet a minister of the gospel should be this for his people: the predictable pastor. That is not the same as saying the pastor is boring or uninteresting or that he never does things on the spur of the moment. But it is saying that he is consistent. His ministry will be marked by a reliability that speaks of his deep devotion to Christ and to Christ’s flock. When Paul exhorted Timothy to preach...

Reuben Bredenhof

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Paul Carter

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Steve Lambert

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Darryl Dash

Should I Stay or Should I Go? T.T. Shields, Benjamin Beddome, and Pastoral Transitions

Scott Hurst

There can be a strange vibe of secrecy surrounding a pastor’s move to a different church. I am not speaking from statistics, but from my experience in the evangelical Baptist world. A pastor’s current congregation, minus a select few, is often unaware of and not involved in the process until the day they hear their beloved pastor announce his resignation and intent to move. I wonder if there is a better way? Recently, I read Leslie Tarr’s biography of T. T. Shields, Shields of Canada, and the recently published book, Long May Thy Servant Feed Thy Sheep, by Yuta Seki,...