Learning to Pastor

"You never really learn how to pastor. The pastorate involves a lifetime of trial and failure, and only God in heaven knows the outcome. Furthermore, you can't learn this art in any class or seminar taught by the local seminary or Bible college. In the end your people are your teachers. Week by week, Sunday by Sunday, the congregation rates and grades the preacher-pastor on his witness and his work. It is a process which can be, at the same time, unnerving and gratifying."

An excerpt from Preaching Through A Storm, taken from pgs 11-12

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