8 Things Not to Do as a Pastor
Based on my experience this summer and past experience, I've compiled a brief list of 8 things not to do. At the risk of reducing the pastoral role to a list of things not to do, I submit it to you for perusal and comment:
- Don’t be incongruent (say one thing and do another)
- Don’t try to pull a traditional congregation too far to fast unless you’ve got the wherewithal to stick it out (which includes the leadership to back you up)
- Don’t try to make a high church service low and a low church service high
- Don’t forget to cover the bases of your weaknesses (which might mean giving those responsibilities to someone else)
- Don’t try to be a small church pastor in a big church (or vice versa)
- Don’t think that your leaving will solve all the problems the church has
- Don’t ignore conflict
- Don’t go visit single women at home by yourself
posted by Tom Arthur at 7:58 PM
3 Comments:
Who made this blue? Here they are again:
1. Don’t be incongruent (say one thing and do another)
2. Don’t try to pull a traditional congregation too far to fast unless you’ve got the wherewithal to stick it out (which includes the leadership to back you up)
3. Don’t try to make a high church service low and a low church service high
4. Don’t forget to cover the bases of your weaknesses (which might mean giving those responsibilities to someone else)
5. Don’t try to be a small church pastor in a big church (or vice versa)
6. Don’t think that your leaving will solve all the problems the church has
7. Don’t ignore conflict
8. Don’t go visit single women at home by yourself
Come on King, the genre of list is so phallocentric and colonialist it only impedes healthy discourse.
Wow, even I cannot tell my own sarcasm.
But seriously, most of your point see, to deal with Golden Mean. I was sure one of your points would be "Don't be afraid to say no. It's easy, ask me to do something...no"
I don't even know what "phallocentric" and "colonialist" mean.
Tom
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