tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175191973006196622.post1057233827856301686..comments2023-07-24T21:31:06.852+10:00Comments on Dave Bailey's Blog: The unimportant PastorDave Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03312907818234364790noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175191973006196622.post-78596150384257865922013-04-06T02:22:40.452+10:002013-04-06T02:22:40.452+10:00Thanks for the thought. I found this blog when se...Thanks for the thought. I found this blog when searching for pastors as being "unimportant", perhaps because I've been trying to pull myself from the center of ministry and orient others into their own servant identities. I'm hoping that people realize that pastors are just people called to do lifelong ministry as servants of God, and that God is the focal point. Not pastor, building or program. Hopefully we point to the real glory and give a vision for that glorious future with our Lord.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175191973006196622.post-4326202388664193482012-09-03T22:52:03.294+10:002012-09-03T22:52:03.294+10:00Excellent post.
I often have people tell me of a...Excellent post. <br /><br />I often have people tell me of a decision they've come to (marriage, leaving our church, staying at our church) and they ask me if I can give them my blessing. <br /><br />I tell them that I don't give blessings. I give advice but leave it up to them what they do. They're big people. And they are responsible for their choices. Not me. <br /><br />But there is a type of pastor who needs to be needed. Who develops a stultifying kind of mutual codependency between themselves and their flock. <br /><br />They are toxic to the life and maturity of their church. <br />Alistair Bainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099359104986717330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175191973006196622.post-63530491969604023692012-09-03T21:01:03.834+10:002012-09-03T21:01:03.834+10:00An interesting blog post Dave. Being a parable of...An interesting blog post Dave. Being a parable of Jesus Christ has very different implications to being a symbol of God. benlettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09224546353988119294noreply@blogger.com