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Persevere in the Highs and Lows
By Clift Barnes | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024Ministry in the middle years offers an opportunity to move forward while looking back at all that God has done.
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Raise up Leaders
By John Folmar | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024It’s the Holy Spirit’s job to make overseers. However, he often uses pastors to this end.
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Prepare for Unexpected Storms
By Josh Manley | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024The best time to prepare your people for suffering, persecution, or cultural marginalization is before they face them.
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Unique Temptations for a New Pastor
By Brian Parks | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024Becoming a senior pastor exposed me to many temptations that I did not expect. Some merely taunted and tempted me. Others I fell for.
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Creating Healthy Membership Practices
By Jon Deedrick | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024As a new pastor, there’s a type of triage required of you. Not a triage of what’s urgent (like the triage unit at your local emergency room), but a triage of what’s wise.
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Make the Main Thing the Main Thing on Sundays
By Bret Capranica | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024I was convinced that the table we set on Sunday would determine the whole ministry, and our main course had to be the Word of God.
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Young Pastor, Care for the Older Members of Your Flock
By Dave Kiehn | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024Love senior saints from your heart. They’re a blessing, not a burden.
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Take Heart: Preaching to Encourage
By Tiago Oliveira | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024As you step into your new church, you are called not only to lead but also to encourage.
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Loving Your Family While Leading God’s Church
By Liam Garvie | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024When conduct in the home lags behind the conduct we commend, we’re falling into hypocrisy.
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Patience! Pick Your Battles Wisely
By Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024Impatient pastors often love the idea of the church more than the people in the church.
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Find a Mentor!
By Cheston Pickard | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024Find a mentor—for your sake, for your family’s sake, for your people’s sake, and for Christ’s sake.
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Be a Strong and Courageous Young Leader
By Clint Darst | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024God is with you, pastor, and he has spoken. Lean into his presence, and lead with his Word.
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Candidate Wisely and Honestly
By Branton Burleson | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024Throughout the candidating process, trust God. Remember that he is sovereign and will be with us wherever we go.
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You Aspire, but Are You Willing?
By Raymond Johnson | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024It’s easy to aspire to be a great pastor, but are you willing to do all that it takes?
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Balance Patience and Ambition
By Billy Dalton | 9Marks Journal: Seasons in a Pastor's Life | 06.10.2024Churches must train the ambitious patiently, giving them time to show their true colors.