Pastors are imperfect; that much should be obvious. However, the attitude of some Christians toward their pastors leaves us wondering whether those three words are as plain as one would think. While pastors, like all of us, share in Adam’s fall, they have the particular challenge of having their faults on display week-by-week as they stand in a pulpit or as they minister amongst their flock. Pastors are public people and, sadly, public scrutiny comes easily and regularly. Church members should be particularly sensitive to this when they offer opinions, solicited or otherwise, about their pastor’s ministry.
Regretfully, some pastors make easy targets and bear the brunt of some of the most frivolous criticism. While all pastors should be open to constructive critique—indeed they should welcome it for the ministry’s sake—they are not deserving of the back-biting, nit-picking and any other hyphenated wounding that they regularly undergo. Keep Reading...
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