39 Quotes About Pastoral-ministry

When a pastor is led by what people demand of them and not what God demands of them a shepherd turns into a wolf

There is nothing worse for a young convert than to be thrust into leadership without mentoring and ongoing coaching because the devil relishes these vulnerable souls.

Put this in your 'pastoral' pipe and smoke it!!!"~R. Alan Woods [2012]

Missional leaders are comfortable in the own skin.

I am not an 'elder', 'deacon', nor a 'pastor', and I do not have any ambitions to become one!".~R. Alan Woods {2012]

Vision is capturing God's assignment

Once a seminary student asked to shadow me for two days to see what my life as a pastor was like. At the end, he said, "Oh my gosh, you're basically a person for a living.

If a church is good at making disciples it will be good at making leaders because in the end, a good spiritual formation plan will lead to an accelerated spiritual multiplication.

Missional leaders know that their church will only grow as large as its capacity to provide ongoing care through a network of small groups and ministry teams.