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Bi-vocational pastors are heroes, and the content for this week’s episode comes from Church Answers member—and bi-vocational pastor—Terry Cheek. We are grateful to him for sharing his story of leading a church revitalization as a bi-vocational pastor. These five tips are invaluable.
Episode Highlights:
- By preaching the full counsel of God, you teach your people to love the full counsel of God.
- There will always be selfish church members. Don’t let them get you down.
- Pastors: preach the Word, be obedient to Christ, and let the Spirit work in your church.
- We often overestimate what we can do in a year and underestimate what we can do in 10 years.
- Only eternity is going to show the total fruit of our labor.
The tips on leading a revitalization effort as a bi-vocational pastor that we cover are:
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Equip those willing to be equipped and don’t stress out on those who aren’t willing.
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Consider preaching through books of the Bible.
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Don’t stress out on the majority of people who don’t grasp your time limitations.
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Don’t stress out that most of the members want to be served instead of serving. You will never please everyone.
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Accept incremental progress as monumental progress.
Resources mentioned in this episode include:
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