Pastoral Authority

“Where congregants once began with ‘My grandmother always said …’ they now regularly begin with ‘I was listening to this podcast …’ or ‘I saw on YouTube …’” - TGC

9Marks: I want to consider a church member’s responsibility to hold elders accountable.

“Heavy-handed, cult-like leaders abound in churches today. They are in both small and large churches. Micromanagers of the flock and power tripping elder boards are not confined to slick, corporate mega-churches. Pastoral authority has been abused and has overreached its God-given boundaries. The top-down leadership, CEO mentality, bullying, and intimidating are not Jesus’ style of leadership.

Four common acts of stupidity that will get a Pastor fired

Tilting to the Other

Pastoral Example As Pastoral Authority

The Crisis of Pastoral Authority