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Helps for Pastors

8/6/2014

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I love pastors!  I have pastored two churches myself, and I know how difficult it can be.  I seek to serve and minister to pastors and to resource them any way I can in my role as an Associational Missionary, in addition to this blog. 

This week the focus is on helps for pastors in various areas.  In terms of effectiveness, I am not surprised that the most consistent discipline of effective pastors is daily Bible reading.  

A study shocked me some time ago that found 72% of all pastors do not spend as much as 15 minutes a day in prayer and Bible reading.  How tragic for them and for their flock!  

I hope the articles this week will be useful to pastors, ministers, and lay leaders, but especially to pastors.

For the glory of God,
Ray
Pr. 3:5-6

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“The pastor did not have daily Bible time.” One of the lessons Thom Rainer shares in, “Autopsy of a Burned Out Pastor.”

Ray’s Top Five this week:

1.     Six Surprising Traits of Effective Pastors, Thom Rainer

2.     When Is It Time for a Pastor to Leave a Church, Thom Rainer

3.     You Cannot Afford to Trust Your Church Secretary, William Thornton

4.     Nine Secrets Your Pastor’s Wife Wishes You Knew, Christina Stolaas

5.     Autopsy of a Burned Out Pastor: 13 Lessons, Thom Rainer
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    I’m Ray Gentry, the President/CEO of the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders (SBCAL). I’ve served Southern Baptist churches & associations in various roles for over 35 years. I have served as an associational leader for five associations, starting in 1993. The most recent one being the Southside Baptist Network, McDonough, GA.

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