Loading…

What Every Pastor Needs to Know about Music, Youth, and Education is unavailable, but you can change that!

A Guide for Non-Specialists No one can be an expert in every field, despite what church members—consciously or unconsciously—may expect. Yet pastors do need at least a working knowledge of several specialized ministry skills. Areas where the pastor is directly involved (preaching, counseling, performing weddings and baptisms) often aren’t as troublesome as those areas that demand the pastor’s...

church with all the spiritual gifts, implying that each local church has everything it needs for building itself spiritually. Yet because of deadlines, pressures, and expectations, I was finding over 90 percent of my weekly hours given to “things I do” rather than encouraging and helping others who share the ministry of our church. My sermons, no matter how well developed and delivered, are just not enough. Little Johnny needs the Scripture memorization of the club program; Mary needs the encouragement
Page 143