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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...

when they are not specialists. Why? Because specialty areas have a way of affecting the overall atmosphere. People leave churches more often not because of profound theological differences but because of worship styles, musical tastes, or dissatisfaction with the ministry to their children. “What stifles worship in the church is not lack of creativity but fear of repercussions,” said one minister. “The pastors I know aren’t asking, ‘What should our worship or music be?’ but ‘How long will we suffer
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