November 9, 2007

  • Keith Giles' "7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Pastors"

    Having just written about Spiritual Gifts, I thought it timely to share from Keith Giles' "7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Pastors."  After Giles gives the 7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Pastors, he writes:

    In today's American church what matters is being successful and being successful means putting butts in the seats. Pastoring, caring for people, and being a servant to all takes valuable time away from attracting large crowds and making your services more entertaining for the masses.

    To be an effective pastor, learn these 7 habits and do the exact opposite. Care for people, listen to God's voice, don't get distracted by
    building issues, bless other local ministries, empower your people
    (don't exploit them), teach more of your people to be disciples and
    then to make disciples. Multiply yourself and duplicate your ability to
    teach, train, encourage, disciple and serve others.

    Giles then asks and answers the question "What would the '7 Habits of Highly Effective Pastors' look like?"

    You can find all 14 habits here.

    Now I'm thinking I should formulate a list of the "7 Habits of Highly Ineffective Church Members."

    Any suggestions???

naphtali_deer

About me...

Christian hedonist in training. Pressing on to know more and more of the joy of the LORD. Pleading with God to rend the heavens and revive and refresh my own soul, as well as His Church, to His praise, honor and glory.

Thank God. He can make men and women in middle life sing again with a joy that has been chastened by a memory of their past failures. ~ Alan Redpath

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tent of meeting: Prayer for reformation & revival

(See also Zechariah821. Zechariah821 is a mirror site of tent of meeting, found on WordPress)

deerlifetrumpet: Encouragement for those seeking reformation & revival in the Church

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