How to Deal with the Constant Critic in Your Church

Podcast Episode #501

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Critics are real in the church. And for many pastors, they are incessant. Today, we discuss how to deal with the constant critic in your church.

Some highlights from today’s episode include:

• Praying for a critic not only can change a critic’s heart, but can change your heart toward the critic.
• Our goal in resolving conflict should be reconciliation and restoration, not revenge and retribution.
• Too many pastors try to satisfy the most negative people in the church and end up ignoring the rest of the church.
• If you’re a leader, you can expect criticism.

The seven steps we discuss are:

1. Pray for him or her.
2. Request a meeting to attempt reconciliation.
3. Help him or her to re-dream the dream.
4. Ignore the critic.
5. Recognize it is a reality of leadership.
6. Ask others to help.
7. Exercise church discipline on rare occasions.

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