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Ordinary Pastor

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MEMOIRS OF AN ORDINARY PASTOR: THE LIFE AND REFLECTIONS OF TOM CARSONBy D.A. Carson What a tenderhearted book. Don Carson composes a narrative of and testimony to his dad, Tom Carson, an ordinary pastor. Tom is a hardworking pastor to French Canada. His church is only ever small. His ministry never sparkles with easy or abundant success. But Tom is ever … [Read more...] about Ordinary Pastor

Pastor as Overseer

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If leadership is largely influence (Northouse, 2012), then pastors are leaders. Yet, this perspective on the pastorate is something that many evangelicals have shied away from. For example, one author and former pastor, Jared Wilson, questions the usefulness of the leadership approach to pastoral work. Wilson (2013) sardonically writes: Enter the leadership cult. What we … [Read more...] about Pastor as Overseer

The Reading Pastor

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"Let me share with you a realistic goal. There are too many pastors who never do any reading.  That goal is too low. There are also seminaries that recommend that we must spend every morning in study. That goal is too high. We need a realistic goal, and I say to pastors that every pastor could manage one hour of reading a day. In addition we ought to manage a morning, afternoon … [Read more...] about The Reading Pastor

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