Pastoral Leadership Paper

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Church cultures around the world and in local communities vary in many ways. There are no two communities, pastors, or churches that operate the exact same way. That is simply how culture goes. Each individual setting will reflect the pastor and the saints in that specific community. Therefore, there is no standard method of starting, growing, or leading a church that applies to everyone across the board. It is nearly impossible to incorporate certain aspects with completely different cultures. However, there are specific keys to leadership that must be understood by all pastoral leaders. Church is more than a nice facility, good sounding music, fancy programs, or a well-written sermon. The keys to growing a strong and healthy church involve …show more content…

Instead of growing and succeeding as they should be, they are declining. The issue is that an incorrect method of measuring church success has created an incorrected purpose for pastors and church leadership. When success is measured by programs and numbers, the purpose or motive follows suit. Statistics show that young adults throughout America are walking away from religion and describing it as not relevant to their lives. Perhaps this reflects the trend of pastors trading foundational relationships for a false idea of success.
However, this issue and false purpose can be reversed by following after the true purpose of pastoral leadership. That true purpose is to grow, teach, and disciple men and women. Pastoral leaders should literally be fishers of men as Jesus commanded His disciples to be. When He called them, the fishermen “…were fixing their nets, making them strong, preparing them for service, getting them ready for action.” Thus, pastoral leadership’s main objective should be opening the door and paving the way for souls to find healing, salvation, strength, preparation and …show more content…

Instead of getting people to be involved in big programs and events, a pastor should focus on teaching and preparing individuals for ministry. When we empower people to fulfill meaningful places in ministry, two things happen: (1) it helps people to continue to grow, and (2) it raises the church’s overall level of effectiveness in ministry to the world around it.” It is vital that a pastoral leader prayerfully empowers those around him to help serve and lead. Ed Stetzer advises any church planter or pastor to not rush the process and to strategically place leaders in the church. It is important that a pastoral leader equip those around him to empower them in ministry without having to worry about their

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