5 Things Every Young Pastor Should Know
The following is a great article written by Rob Pochek. I'd wish someone would have shared this with me over a decade ago. I was probably to immature to listen but it's good advise anyways. I left my breakfast meeting with a young pastor and realized, with a measure of sadness, I was no longer a "young pastor." He was facing a number of ministry challenges that seemed very familiar to me. As I shared with him some of the lessons I had learned, he remarked, "I wish I had known this three years ago." It occurred to me that the lessons I shared with him were ones I wish I had been told when a small country church allowed a rough, unrefined college student to get his feet wet in ministry. As I look back, there are (at least) five things I wish I had been aware of when I was just starting out: 1. You are pastoring a parade. The first time I had a family leave the church I was leading, I was personally hurt. I thought I had really messed up as a pastor,...
