Description
As a pastor, do you feel like you’re wearing too many hats? If you’re a pastor, you know the tension of balancing (or trying to) the many roles and expectations that come with leading a church. But are you able to distinguish which roles are truly essential, and are you able to measure how you’re fulfilling them? Portraits of the Pastor features contributions from leading evangelical pastors on the essential roles and aspects of pastoral ministry. Together the book answers three important questions: • What does it mean for the pastor to hold all nine roles? • Why should the pastor fulfill these roles? • How can the pastor most faithfully fulfill them? A pastor must be a preacher, shepherd, missionary, evangelist, church historian, theologian, man of God, leader of his household, and leader of others—a tall order, but Portraits of a Pastor will help you fulfill it.