Businessperson, Help your Pastor Build Trellises
By In my first article in this issue of the 9Marks Journal, I described the tension that often arises between pastors and businesspeople.
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Pastor, Teach Your Businesspeople to Tend the Vine
Scene 1: Over lunch with a pastor of my church, I asked him how things at church were going. After mentioning some encouragements, he expressed frustration with a member whom he described as “overly concerned with process.” This member wanted to spend a lot of time on the details of buildings, benefits, and budgets.
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How Much Time Can a Lay Elder Give to Ministry?
Serving as a lay elder is an awesome privilege and responsibility. As my good friend Ryan Townsend says, it’s “glorious hard work.” It also can create serious challenges for managing time well, since a lay elder also has a full-time job and (usually) a family. What I want to do in this article is briefly outline how much time a lay elder should expect to spend in shepherding his congregation.
TIME CRUNCH: JOB AND ELDERING
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