Quotes about Pastoral ministry

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Don't just cry over your 10 or 20 member church. Sometimes, God gives you your future first. The ones you call little ca — Kingsley Opuwari Manuel
A prayer culture is fueled by experience not explanation. A passion to seek the Lord in prayer is more caught than taugh — Daniel Henderson, Old Paths, New Power: Awakening Your Church Through Prayer and the Ministry of the Word
For every Gospel action, there is an opposite and devious demonic reaction. We see this in the book of Acts. It appears — Daniel Henderson
Our real problem is not the pervasiveness of the darkness but a failure of the light. Light always dispels darkness. The — Daniel Henderson, Old Paths, New Power: Awakening Your Church Through Prayer and the Ministry of the Word
We don't forget that we are Christians. We forget that we are human, and that one oversight alone can debilitate the pot — Wayne Cordeiro, Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your Passion
[R]eal prayer is not an excuse for laziness but, in fact, is one of the most arduous engagements I know of in ministry. — Daniel Henderson, Old Paths, New Power: Awakening Your Church Through Prayer and the Ministry of the Word
The prayer level of a church never rises any higher than the personal example and passion of the leaders. The quantity a — Daniel Henderson, Old Paths, New Power: Awakening Your Church Through Prayer and the Ministry of the Word
Father, help me focus on my strengths and trust others to fill the gaps of my weaknesses”Every leader knows the skills i — Gary Rohrmayer, Next Steps For Leading a Missional Church
Leaders are passionate learners. Leaders are always seeking ways to improve themselves by sharpening their skills. They — Gary Rohrmayer, Spiritual Conversations: Creating and Sustaining Them Without Being a Jerk
Cultivating spiritual intimacy is essential for leaders to live a vibrant missional life. — Gary Rohrmayer, Next Steps For Leading a Missional Church
The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offe — Henri J.M. Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership
You must read to lead. Reading feeds. It opens our souls to a long line of counselors. — Dave Harvey, Am I Called?: The Summons to Pastoral Ministry
My job is not to solve people's problems or make them happy, but to help them see the grace operating in their lives. — Eugene H. Peterson, The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction
An angry leader is a scared leader or a hurt leader or a frustrated leader but most of all they are a vulnerable leader. — Gary Rohrmayer
Great leaders are teachable leaders. — Gary Rohrmayer, Church Planting Landmines
Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first. — Wayne Cordeiro, Leading on Empty: Refilling Your Tank and Renewing Your Passion
Somehow we American pastors, without really noticing what was happening, got our vocations redefined in the terms of Ame — Eugene H. Peterson, Under the Unpredictable Plant an Exploration in Vocational Holiness
There is a long and well-documented tradition of wisdom in the Christian faith that any venture into leadership, whether — Eugene H. Peterson, Under the Unpredictable Plant an Exploration in Vocational Holiness
Deception is nowhere more common than in religion. And the persons most easily and damningly deceived are the leaders. T — Eugene H. Peterson, Under the Unpredictable Plant an Exploration in Vocational Holiness
Pastors enter congregations vocationally in order to embrace the totality of human life in Jesus' name. We are convinced — Eugene H. Peterson, Under the Unpredictable Plant an Exploration in Vocational Holiness