LEADING EFFECTIVELY (3 OF 6)
Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:1-8
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Leading Effectively (3 of 6)
Series: 2 Timothy
Robert Dawson
2 Timothy 2:1-8
I am still relatively young in life and in ministry. I have held ministry positions in a church for the better part of the last 21 years. Many of them were part-time while a student and I have been a pastor for the last 12 years.
During that time I have learned a lot and probably forgotten more. In ministry you realize it is a high calling and you appreciate that calling but you also come to the place you realize how difficult and demanding that calling can be. You realize how inadequate you are to fulfill the demands of the position.
Years ago I ran across this little excerpt entitled the inadequate pastor….Pastors could spend 12 hours a day, seven days a week calling on the lost and the unchurched, OR, they could spend those hours calling in the homes of members who are sick and inactive, OR, they may spend their time ministering to the troubled, distressed humanity, that needs their message, somehow managing to handle funerals, weddings and countless other obligations, OR, they may spend 12 hours a day in their studies with great profit to the church and themselves. Other activities and meetings have to be worked into the schedule somewhere. SO, pastors much forever remain inadequate. They may attempt to cover five fields of endeavor, devoting about 20% of their tie to each one, leaving each job 80% unfinished, thus, the term 'inadequate pastor.' Yes, inadequate, desperately busy, always behind in their work, yet most pastors think their jobs are the best on earth.
Ministry, like so many other areas of life, can take its toll on those who take part in it.
1. 33% of Pastors feel being in ministry is clearly a hazard to their family.
2. 75% of Pastors say they have had a significant personal crisis due to stress.
3. 50% of Pastors feel unable to meet the needs of the job.
4. 90% of Pastors feel inadequately trained to cope with ministry's demands
5. 70% of Pastors ...
Series: 2 Timothy
Robert Dawson
2 Timothy 2:1-8
I am still relatively young in life and in ministry. I have held ministry positions in a church for the better part of the last 21 years. Many of them were part-time while a student and I have been a pastor for the last 12 years.
During that time I have learned a lot and probably forgotten more. In ministry you realize it is a high calling and you appreciate that calling but you also come to the place you realize how difficult and demanding that calling can be. You realize how inadequate you are to fulfill the demands of the position.
Years ago I ran across this little excerpt entitled the inadequate pastor….Pastors could spend 12 hours a day, seven days a week calling on the lost and the unchurched, OR, they could spend those hours calling in the homes of members who are sick and inactive, OR, they may spend their time ministering to the troubled, distressed humanity, that needs their message, somehow managing to handle funerals, weddings and countless other obligations, OR, they may spend 12 hours a day in their studies with great profit to the church and themselves. Other activities and meetings have to be worked into the schedule somewhere. SO, pastors much forever remain inadequate. They may attempt to cover five fields of endeavor, devoting about 20% of their tie to each one, leaving each job 80% unfinished, thus, the term 'inadequate pastor.' Yes, inadequate, desperately busy, always behind in their work, yet most pastors think their jobs are the best on earth.
Ministry, like so many other areas of life, can take its toll on those who take part in it.
1. 33% of Pastors feel being in ministry is clearly a hazard to their family.
2. 75% of Pastors say they have had a significant personal crisis due to stress.
3. 50% of Pastors feel unable to meet the needs of the job.
4. 90% of Pastors feel inadequately trained to cope with ministry's demands
5. 70% of Pastors ...
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