Pastors are a gift to the church. Now, at the risk of making what reads like an arrogant assertion, we must consider what the Bible tells us, for we know from scripture that after His ascension, Jesus gave gifts to the church, and one of those gifts was pastor, “And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers” (Ephesians 4:11). This passage proceeds to shed some light on the purpose of these gifts, “For the equipping of the saints for
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family, 3rd should be whatever else I value. This reflects the balance that pastors must deal with on a daily basis, how to deal with a ministry while maintaining a healthy family life. My dad taught me exactly what pastors must do when they prioritize, to put God as number one, then focus on your family, and finally the church ministry. Keeping Priorities In Check There have been many cases where the pastor puts the ministry as number one on their list, then God, and then their families
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working with families sharing the word of God with them through the use of Project Philip. *They had just finished working with a family of 5 when - Another couple came to the Pastor seeking for help with their marriage and significant family issues- issues of violence, drug addiction and gang affiliations. * pastor asks Gabriela and her husband to use God's Word and PP training to help them * couple's marriage falling apart, drug issues, violence, etc. Tearing family apart * the family their
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addictions and in need of prayer and support. It's also a safeguard against other kinds of temptations that the Yorba Linda Calvary Baptist Church in Yorba Linda, California experienced the late 1990s. The senior pastor Richard Cunningham and his son, who later became the senior pastor, Philip Cunningham, were charged with theft, fraud and forgery when they took over 3.1 million dollars from the church's, and the church's private school's, bank accounts for their own personal expenses including luxury
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INFORMATIVE SPEECH OUTLINE Angela Y. Harlee COMS 101 02/23/2015 Organization: Topical Pattern Audience analysis: My audience consists of various age groups as well as ethnicity. The people are of all walks of life including male and female Pastors, Reverends, and Elders. Their education level varies from Doctorate Degrees to High School Diploma/GED, and some that never completed school. Some of my audience is employed while others are not employed. Some have criminal backgrounds and others
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12. Many pastors today consider Spurgeon as someone to emulate. What things that helped make Spurgeon successful can you emulate? What things that helped make Spurgeon successful are you incapable of emulating? (10 points) There are several things that made Spurgeon a successful pastor. Several of these I am able to emulate. The first was his reliance on the Lord for the funds and people to do the work that he felt called to do. For example, the Pastors’ College was an institution that he felt
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Ethical Dilemma: Minister Asking For 60 Million Dollars Recently a minister of a large church asked his followers to help him come up with 60 million dollars to help him purchase a private jet. The pastor, Creflo Dollars is an American televangelist and founder of The World Changers Church International based in Georgia is looking to buy a brand new top of line private jet. He’s in need of this new jet because his old jet is outdated and is having more and more maintenance problems. He’s asking
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possibly even uttered the phrase “does a Christian really need to go to church?” Once such event occurred about five years ago. I was asked to be the associate pastor for a church plant. The church planter was a friend of mine whom I worked with previously at another church. For as long as I knew this man, he wanted to be a lead pastor. Finally the opportunity presented itself. The plan was simple – meet people in our community, begin a home Bible study, and grow from there. However, my
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saves an electronic copy of the form and sends it to the Senior Pastor. The form is to be returned to the Senior Pastor at least 3 days before the scheduled evaluation. Step 2: The Senior Pastor completes the same exercise and documents the “Supervisor Comments” portions of the Staff Evaluation Form. * Please attach a copy of the employee’s job description & go over it briefly after the assessment part. Step 3: The Senior Pastor, a representative from the SPRC and staff member discuss each competency
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The objective here that is seeking to be answered is, "If a counselor is an associate Pastor on staff or even just solely a counselor should the Senior/Sole Pastor be made aware of details on every client, since it is important for the Pastors to know their flock in order to best know how to lead and tend them, or does confidentiality apply always strictly between counselor and counselee". It is important to start off understanding what Counselor confidentiality is at its most fundamental nature
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