I used to be a pastor. For nearly two decades, I enjoyed the thrills, spills, chills and can't-quite-pay-the-bills of local church ministry. Now, five years after packing up my office for the final time (including two boxes of Leadership back issues), I still think about those years in the pastorate every single day. No exceptions. It's as though the word pastor is branded on my heart. And as I reflect on those 1,000 weeks in the world's most glorious, dangerous profession, I often think about what I would do differently if I had another shot at it. If I was given a ministry mulligan, here is what I'd do with it.
A former pastor and now professor shares how we would do it all differently if he could be a pastor all over again:
More collaboration, less competition.
More pastor, less CEO.
More rest, less rush.
More friendship, less isolation.
I think mine would be variations on these themes...
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