https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:39:56 +0000 Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:41:03 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/over-supply The other day I came across an article that spoke of fears that there was an oversupply of pastors.  Too many people were graduating from Seminary and the church did not know where to put them. While those fears sound contemporary, the article was written sixty years ago. Norman Visser https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/over-supply Thu, 11 Aug 2016 15:41:03 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/pastors-shop A plan for a possible renovation to our church building includes a room labeled “Pastor’s Shop.”  It is not a misprint. The designer is well aware of what happens in such a space, and chose the word for a reason. Norman Visser https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/pastors-shop Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:36:07 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/pray-pastor I was recently asked to pray before the meal at my niece’s wedding. Afterwards one of my sons told me that I’d “prayed like a pastor.” It bugged me. Even when he explained that I’d said pastor kind of things and not things you’d expect from an uncle in that setting, it still bugged me. Norman Visser https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/pray-pastor Wed, 29 Jul 2015 15:01:19 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/financial-shalom/caring-pastors/any-other-name My father was ordained as an evangelist. At least that is the term that was used then. If he were serving today, he would be called a commissioned pastor. A few years ago he would have been known as a ministry associate. Norman Visser https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/financial-shalom/caring-pastors/any-other-name Thu, 18 Jun 2015 14:47:45 +0000