Yearly Archives: 2003

Avoiding Spam

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Online Greeting Cards, News Stories, and Photo Albums
What do these have in common?

  • They are web sites where you type in someone else’s e-mail address so the site can tell them to come and look at something.
  • Most of these sites do not do it out of the goodness of their hearts. They are in the money making business and they collect and sell e-mail addresses.

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    Pastoral Review

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    The Pastoral Sharpening Discussion Sheet~~Steve
    While people have plenty of informal experience, often church leadership has had no formal experience in evaluating pastoral ministry. This discussion sheet has been useful in steering leaders to bringing a helpful critique to my ministry. Periodically, I distribute it (or something similar) to the leaders and ask them to seriously discuss it as a group. I leave the room so they can speak openly about the areas on the form. After about an hour, I return and ask them what comments they have to share with me.

    How the pastor handles criticism in general is very influential in determining his success. Continue reading →