Pastor Relationship With His People
Connor McSwiggan
Pastor Thiessen
Pastoral Theology
The Pastor’s Relationship With His People
God has given and ordained men who are to oversee the Church. Ephesians 4:11 states, “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;” We will be specifically looking at the pastor and his relationship with the people of his church. The pastor is a word that means “shepherd”. Literally a pastor is a shepherd. His job is too guard his sheep, love his sheep, protect his sheep, and cause his sheep to grow and maintain their health. He is to root out any sort of danger that may enter the flock. God has carefully chosen pastors whom he would deem worthy of protecting his people. The relationship between the pastor and his people is one of the greatest relationships in the whole world. This relationship will denote a sense of connection. This sense of connection will cause the people of a church to respect the leader God has given them. If the people and the pastor do not have a relationship the people will not heed what the pastor teaches them to do. God is not pleased when a pastor does not have a good relationship with his people. The same goes for when a person is dissatisfied with their pastor. Pastors have the tendency of drifting away from meeting their individual needs, and rather stepping back and focusing on the church as whole. This is dangerous as a pastor is to care for his people’s every day specific needs. Some pastors can be good administrators, some can be good speakers and take pride in their oratory skills, and others take pride in their effective promotion. These are all good assets which can assist a pastor greatly. However, the greatest office in which he should focus is in pastoring people. A church can tolerate average preaching and a lot of other things, but if they have a problem with the pastor it is a lost cause to try to persuade them. Pastors need to love their people. Paul is an
Pastor Thiessen
Pastoral Theology
The Pastor’s Relationship With His People
God has given and ordained men who are to oversee the Church. Ephesians 4:11 states, “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;” We will be specifically looking at the pastor and his relationship with the people of his church. The pastor is a word that means “shepherd”. Literally a pastor is a shepherd. His job is too guard his sheep, love his sheep, protect his sheep, and cause his sheep to grow and maintain their health. He is to root out any sort of danger that may enter the flock. God has carefully chosen pastors whom he would deem worthy of protecting his people. The relationship between the pastor and his people is one of the greatest relationships in the whole world. This relationship will denote a sense of connection. This sense of connection will cause the people of a church to respect the leader God has given them. If the people and the pastor do not have a relationship the people will not heed what the pastor teaches them to do. God is not pleased when a pastor does not have a good relationship with his people. The same goes for when a person is dissatisfied with their pastor. Pastors have the tendency of drifting away from meeting their individual needs, and rather stepping back and focusing on the church as whole. This is dangerous as a pastor is to care for his people’s every day specific needs. Some pastors can be good administrators, some can be good speakers and take pride in their oratory skills, and others take pride in their effective promotion. These are all good assets which can assist a pastor greatly. However, the greatest office in which he should focus is in pastoring people. A church can tolerate average preaching and a lot of other things, but if they have a problem with the pastor it is a lost cause to try to persuade them. Pastors need to love their people. Paul is an