Identifying an Anemic Church
I wrote about anemic churches last week. A couple of commenters asked me to explain how to identify whether a church is anemic or not. Here’s my best shot.
You can tell
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The Anemic Church
Some churches are built on a foundation of entertainment and relevance. They need good pastors to go in and love them and feed them.
It’s not their fault, at least not entirely.
I Don’t Deserve This
It’s not hard to see the difficult parts of pastoral ministry. Expectations are high. The weight of pastoring is heavy. Discouragement is a constant temptation. People can and will hurt us.
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I used to dream about doing great things in ministry. I’ve since changed my definition of great things to “doing small, mostly overlooked things over a long period of time” (Zack Eswine)
The Privilege and Responsibility of Pastoring
Just a pastor.
There’s no glory in it, if there ever was. The money’s not great. The crowds are often small, and the criticisms frequent. It’s hard to measure our