When That New Pastor Comes
When That New Pastor Comes When that new pastor comes he( could be a ‘she’, but I will use ‘he’ for simplicity ) will ______________. Much speculation goes into conversations about what a new shepherd will bring to our church. For every person there is a different perspective on what he will do, how he will act, what he will bring, how old he will be, etc. But what’s important? How can the entire congregation unite behind their new leader? There are sure-fire ways to discourage him immediately: “We’ve tried that before, it didn’t work before, it won’t work now.” “We don’t do that here.” “Let me tell you how things work here.” “We want to be like we used to be.” I was told years ago that a pastor should do two things when he first arrives: 1) Love the people and 2) Learn the history. That second one is fraught with difficulty since history is subjective and the story of your church is no exception. So, the congregation can help out the new pastor by ma