Tag: Pastors

The Long and Winding Post…

January 31, 2011

I thought this was a fantastic article that Teddy found. From: http://www.metropolitantabernacle.org/Sword-And-Trowel/Sword-and-Trowel-Articles/Exercising-a-True-Deliverance-Ministry. Exercising a True Deliverance Ministry – A pastoral guide to helping believers who have left charismatic circles. from Sword & Trowel 2007, issue 3 by Peter Masters The title of this article is obviously not meant in a charismatic sense. We offer no … More The Long and Winding Post…

Mega-Mega Church Thing (shoutin’ tithing, tithing, tithing, tithing…)*

July 17, 2010

A recent trend in the US is for multi-site churches to use video to present the senior pastor’s sermon to the church branches where he/she is not present. Teddy provided a link to The Fellowship Church in Dallas, Texas, where Ps Ed Young beams his sermons by video to presumably 4 of the 5 churches … More Mega-Mega Church Thing (shoutin’ tithing, tithing, tithing, tithing…)*

Business in the House

July 12, 2010

I can’t quite connect the dots with Paul as a bi-vocational “pastor”/tentmaker with the accompanying shipwrecks, scourgings, near death experiences and jail, with PP’s “Your Best Life”, conference junkets and Splat Pens. – Teddy on a recent thread. Of course we are not bound by law as to what we do in a church, so … More Business in the House

The Love of Luxury

February 4, 2010

Following on from S&P’s thoughts on ministers getting swept of track in the area of exaggeration, I wondered whether this example of corruption by luxury is another example of how leaders and even entire congregations can get swept off track. In the Sydney Morning Herald today, this article regarding exposure to luxury appeared. Basically, students … More The Love of Luxury

The Five Purposes of a Purpose Driven Church

January 13, 2010

Rick Warren is one of the most influential Christian leaders around today, even praying at President Obama’s inauguration. The Purpose Driven movement is growing consistently larger. It is undoubtedly successful, and many would say that this is because God is blessing the quality of what they are doing. Yet some people do have difficulty when … More The Five Purposes of a Purpose Driven Church

Pastoring and Parenting Free of Guilt and Fear

June 29, 2009

There are lots of potential problems inherent in churches with the necessity for large organisational structures and large amounts of infrastructure. One potential problem is that people can become viewed more as resources than people, as Bull mentioned here recently on another thread. If people are viewed as resources, one of the temptations then becomes … More Pastoring and Parenting Free of Guilt and Fear