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Rediscovering Pastoral Ministry: Shaping Contemporary Ministry with Biblical Mandates is unavailable, but you can change that!

Many pastors and churches are buying into today’s consumer-oriented culture and losing sight of a higher biblical calling. Preoccupied with image and standing, measurable success and market effectiveness, pastors are replacing the biblical role of shepherd for the worldly model of shopkeeper. Rediscovering Pastoral Ministry offers insights from a team of pastors and scholars, examining the...

Motivation A leader may instill vision, enlist workers, and delegate responsibilities, but what is to make sure that the people stay at the assigned tasks with the enthusiasm required to bring it to pass or to sustain the effort over a prolonged period of time? The answer is motivation. Leaders must perform the act of motivation, of inspiring followers to stay to the task. Rush affirms that “a leader will never be successful unless his followers are motivated to succeed.”71 By motivation we mean