Pastor Quotes
A preacher shouldn't preach just to make you feel good. Then it's about the money not about the teach. He should preach the truth because the truth shall set you free.
A piece of paper doesn't make you a pastor any more than making predictions makes you a prophet.
Authentic leaders are often accused of being "controlling" by those who idly sit by and do nothing
My prophetic task would be twofold: to stand up to him, and to stand by him. To awaken his conscience, and to salve the pain this would cause him.
Missional leaders are comfortable in the own skin.
Only a real pastor and a true leader will be looking for ways to train and equip his people to develop their potential.
A real pastor — a good shepherd — is always concerned about the personal development of every individual person in his church.
A good shepherd has a positive influence on his people through "inward work", i.e. working on them from the inside.
You have to become a ladder that other people climb up in their path to success. If you are not ready for that, then you are not ready to be a pastor.
