How we inadvertently create a cult of personality around our preachers.
By SI Filings
Jul
18
2019
"We have not been producing enough young leaders to fill the gap and I think I know some of the reasons why." - Proclaim & Defend
"We’ve all heard, and perhaps shared, these 'staggering' scary stats about pastors who leave the ministry every month. The truth is sometimes worse than myth, but fortunately not in this case." - Facts & Trends
"He preached one of the first messages at Red Hill, which was a mission of Vine Grove Baptist. He was called as its first pastor in July 1950." - BPNews
"For starters, there’s oversharing. We’re hardly meant, as ambassadors of Christ, to talk about ourselves all the time. Also, not everyone in the church needs to know about everything you struggle with." - TGC
"There is obviously much to be learned from both successful CEOs and also great generals, but both models can quickly become toxic. When either becomes the primary model for Christian leadership, is it any wonder that domineering pastors result?" - Christian Leaders
"'Pastor Nick and my son, even as [the apostle] Paul knelt and he prayed, I put my hands in your hands today as a sign and a symbol to our people that God is transferring this to you,' Floyd said as both he and his son knelt before Cross Church's combined congregations at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Ark." - BPNews