(EDITOR’S NOTE: During Journey Pastoral Coaching’s 2022 summer break, we’re reposting this article from 2017, a look at five lessons your professors in Bible College or seminary couldn’t teach you – and through no fault of theirs: these are lessons learned only in the trenches of pastoring God’s people. We’ll soon follow up this article […]
INTRODUCTION Across all denominations, the pastorate in America is aging at an alarming rate. Every year, Journey Pastoral Coaching reports on the crucial issue. With denominational statistics for 2021 recently released, it’s time to examine the landscape again. THE APPROACH We will again examine the graying of the American pulpit by focusing on four sets […]
In his essential read, Dangerous Calling, Paul David Tripp writes: “(Pastors must) quit being a painting that (people) gaze at, and start being a window to the One who is your and their hope.” One of the joys of being a missionary to Western Europe for many years was the privilege of visiting many of […]
In Part One of this two-part look at burnout in the ministry, we looked at two subjects: · the signs of burnout and · the causes of burnout. You can read that article here. In this follow-up, we will consider · the actions we can take to avoid burnout, and · how to deal with […]
A few months ago, I sat down with Pastor Daniel Day, host of The Daniel Day podcast. Click on the link to be directed to his always quality podcasts. The topic was burnout: the what and the why of it; what we can do to prevent burnout and what to do when it burrows its […]
In previous articles, I’ve written often about the graying of the pulpit in the American evangelical church. The average age of pastors is increasing at an alarming rate. Within my own denomination (Assemblies of God), the current aging trajectory says that by the time my five-year old granddaughter graduates college, the average age of an […]
Editor’s Note: Journey is pleased to announce our new resource, “Pensées: A 40-Day Devotional for Pastors,” will be released this month, January 2022. Every day at Journey we post a devotion for our member-ministers, an inspiring “pensée” to begin their day. Written by a pastor-of-pastors, it’s an encouraging or even challenging thought on which shepherds […]
A 40-Day Devotional for Pastors Editor’s Note: Journey is pleased to announce our new resource, “Pensées: A 40-Day Devotional for Pastors,” will be released this month, January 2022. Every day at Journey we post a devotion for our member-ministers, an inspiring “pensée” to begin their day. Written by a pastor-of-pastors, it’s an encouraging or even […]
I am a pastoral coach. I have the joy of pastoring young pastors every day, all day, pastors of all kinds: lead pastors, church planters, staff pastors, missionary pastors, and even pastors of pastors. I love what I am called to do with my life because I love pastors, and I love and greatly respect […]
When I left pastoral ministry to become a missionary, a few pastoral colleagues told me I’d “left the ministry.” Their thinking was that pastoring is “real” ministry, while missions is less than ministry. It’s difficult to believe people can think like this, but some do. But even my denomination unknowingly reinforces this idea. For decades […]
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