It was my tenth anniversary in my current pastorate, and I was given a three-month sabbatical.
When contemplating potential sabbatical projects my thoughts went to surviving and thriving in pastoral ministry over the long haul, and then I hatched a plan.
Been there, done it!
What better than to chat with other pastors who’ve done what I hope to do? I’d arrange to meet one at a time with 12 men, all of whom have spent at least 20 years in a single church. They would all be conservative evangelicals, but represent a variety of contexts. I would mine them for all the wisdom I could get out of them, and hopefully the church I serve would benefit as a result.
Why do church leaders communicate badly?
It’s often just a small "c", but it’s so important…By which I mean communication.