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Stained glass windows are a lot like pastors. They're really good at hiding stormy weather. They always look beautiful; they always appear inspirational; you can even get them to glisten when it's pitch black outside by shining manufactured light through them. Stained glass, like pastors, appears to be immune from the roughness of life. But they're not--unless they're well protected.
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John Koessler's take on pastoring smaller congregations.
This week's featured resource, Strengthening Small Churches, includes an interview with John Koessler, who is chair and professor of pastoral studies at Moody Bible Institute. He previously spent nine years pastoring a small church in central Illinois. Below is an excerpt from that interview.
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"In the course of a single year, 500,000 American wives become widows. A large percentage of these are members of our churches. My experience as a pastor leads me to believe that they form one of the most neglected segments of our church life. Certainly we have a spiritual obligation to them. But what is it? For years I was overwhelmed by guilt feelings because I knew I had not ministered to them adequately.
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The gospel ministry is the most serious responsibility ever assigned to man. As Paul said to his young son in the faith, Timothy: "If a man desires the office of a bishop (episkopos), he desires a good work" (I Timothy 3:1).
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We all know the expression: "But for the grace of God there go I." It typically wells up within some grateful believer's heart when he sees a drunk staggering down the street or some such scene. Although I appreciate the gratitude and humility being expressed, I've come to dislike this statement.
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Someone from Williams Boulevard Baptist Church in Kenner called the other day and asked me to speak to their men's breakfast next Sunday morning on "how to encourage a pastor." I like that assignment. I believe in affirming these men who are called of God to do the most exciting, most difficult work on the planet.
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I realize that a subject such as this is open for criticism, for, as fundamental Baptists, we are free of man-made authorities telling us how to govern our churches, and rightfully so.
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When you hear the phrase, "The pastor's wife," what comes to mind? Perhaps the picture of a godly saint ministering to her family and church with no thought of her own needs or desires. Now, ask yourself, Does my wife fit my definition of what a pastor's wife should be? I'm afraid that there are good men in the ministry who would have to confess that their wives do not fit their own definition of what a pastor's wife should be.
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Victory Baptist Church
"To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? Saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgement is passed over from my God?
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