I write this letter to pastors with tears literally in my eyes. Charles Spurgeon once said, “Whenever God means to make a man great, He always breaks him in pieces first.”
As a member of INJOY Stewardship Solutions, I get to have personal one-on-one conversations with over 1,000 pastors each year. I have nothing but the utmost respect for those who stand in our pulpits each and every Sunday. There are several things I want to say to pastors as someone who sits in your church each week.
An Open Letter to Pastors
- I respect your competence. You are smart and the world’s best communicators. You have a supernatural ability to take a passage of biblical text and pull out the truths that bring us comfort and guide us toward right living.
- I respect your patience and kindness. You love us unconditionally in spite of our bad advise on how you should preach or lead the church.
- I respect your bravery. You do not shy away from tough passages which are not well-received in a politically correct culture.
- I respect your diligence. There are countless hard choices you are forced to constantly make.
- I respect your preparation. Every seven days you give us a fresh word from God.
- I respect your family. You live in a fishbowl and have to appear perfect.
- I respect your generosity. You love people so much you are willing to earn far below the level of your education so we can know God.
- I respect your compassion. Your knees are callused as a result of constantly praying for us.
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