Accountability is a term that speaks of those employer/employee relationships residual in the world of business. May we break from that model that is too impersonal. Pastors bring spiritual gifts to their ministry and should be encouraged to use them as they have been blessed. These gifts should be determined, encouraged and developed through shared prayer and discussion with those who are sensitive to pastoral ministry. A format that allows for this kind of spiritual development is so desperately needed in our churches and in the lives of our pastors.
Pastors working with other pastors is the ideal place for this kind of encouragement to happen... shepherds sharing with other shepherds the work of tending to thier flocks. Church councils can offer a vital forum so long as attending Elders bring a spiritual identity that is in tune with the pastoral challenges of ministry... so often Elders are Elders because they bring business skills rather than spiritual significance.
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Accountability is a term that speaks of those employer/employee relationships residual in the world of business. May we break from that model that is too impersonal. Pastors bring spiritual gifts to their ministry and should be encouraged to use them as they have been blessed. These gifts should be determined, encouraged and developed through shared prayer and discussion with those who are sensitive to pastoral ministry. A format that allows for this kind of spiritual development is so desperately needed in our churches and in the lives of our pastors.
Pastors working with other pastors is the ideal place for this kind of encouragement to happen... shepherds sharing with other shepherds the work of tending to thier flocks. Church councils can offer a vital forum so long as attending Elders bring a spiritual identity that is in tune with the pastoral challenges of ministry... so often Elders are Elders because they bring business skills rather than spiritual significance.