I Did Not Sign-Up for This: The Fourth P of Pastoral Ministry
I was speaking to a friend the other day. He is not a pastor; he is an itinerant preacher and teacher. All his time is simply taken up with teaching the word of God. When I asked him about how his organisation works—its strategic plans for the future, its governance structures and so on—he did not have any clue. He said he doesn’t have to think about any of these things. All he has to do is what he is told to do, which is to preach, teach, train and disciple people. We signed up to give ourselves fully to...