Christian Post: The Top Seven Regrets of Pastors – Thom Rainer
I recently interviewed more than twenty pastors who had been in ministry for at least 25 years. All of these men were over 55 years old. A few of them were retired, but most of them were still active in full-time vocational ministry. …
- Lack of practical training for local church ministry. "I was not prepared for 80 percent of my day-to-day ministry after I graduated from seminary. …
- Overly concerned about critics. …
- Failure to exercise faith. …
- Not enough time with family. …
- Failure to understand basic business and finance issues. …
- Failure to share ministry. "Let me shoot straight. I had two complexes. The first was the Superman complex. … My second complex was the conflict avoider complex. …
- Failure to make friends. …
I'm certain that #8 was failing to spend enough time reading blog posts. 😉 What else should be on the list?
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