What does it mean to be “pastoral”? I’m a pastor. Have been for almost fifteen years. I love my job. I get to serve the God I love and work with the things our God loves most deeply: His Word and His church. As a local church pastor, I am 100 percent in favor of being “pastoral.” So long as the word means what the Bible means for it to mean. When I see the adjective … [Read more...]
How we organize congregational care
We aren’t a model church by any means, but one of the things we’ve worked on a lot over the past five years is how we do congregational care and oversight. Even though we have a lot to learn, I thought a glimpse at how we do things might help other churches. Obviously, I’m not encouraging you to copy everything we do (though feel free). But maybe some of our trellis work can … [Read more...]