When you stand in the pulpit—or at the front of the church, if you happen to preach from that location—and look out over the people in your congregation, do you see the happy, smiling faces of people who do not have a care in the world? Or, do you see people who harbor deep pain in their hearts who have come to church to find encouragement and relief for their pain?
The very label of “pastor” speaks of one whom God has called to minister on behalf of Christ to the people God has placed under that one’s loving care. We ministers are “pastors” to people in our congregation who carry a heavy load of burdens in their lives. How do we fulfill our calling?
This subject has concerned me for some time. I try to address this conern in Podcast 227 and offer some practical suggestions that I hope will help the pastors who listen to find ways to intentionally connect with the people in their congregations.
If you would like to hear what I have to say, please click the link on this page that will take you to my Sermon-Coach.com website. Once you arrive at that website, you will be able to click on a link and listen to this Podcast.
I believe it is very important for pastors to find ways to intentionally connect with the members of their congregations. Only through the kind of dialogue that opens up through such connections will pastors learn of the struggles and problems that their congregants face. And, until pastors understand what their people are struggling with, they cannot hope to offer a word from God that will prove helpful.
Please take the very few minutes needed to listen to my comments and suggestions. I pray that you will find them helpful.
I continue to receive many positive comments about my latest book entitled The Sermon Sucking Black Hole—Why You Can’t Remember on Monday What Your Minister Preached on Sunday. This book is now available at Amazon.com by clicking here.
This book gives some solid tips to the people sitting in the congregation to help them remember what you’ve said from the pulpit when they come to worship services in your church.
Please click here to visit David Mains’ Sermon-Coach.com website.
You will also find a variety of resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Please click here.
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