One of the many problems with making a “church” all about “the Pastor” …

Is that if “the Pastor” goes off track, burns out, hits his own personal limits, or whatever, so typically also goes the church.

Perhaps that’s why the concept of “the Pastor” who primarily runs or is the lynchpin of a church simply doesn’t exist in the New Testament.

When we instead adopt the New Testament’s approach to ministry and leadership, there is greater balance and stability with broader discipleship.

Church then becomes a gathering of believers with ministry by one another to one another through the many gifts and callings God bestows between us …

And “pastor” is simply one of the functions performed by elders who emerge among us to lead and minister beside us.

Maybe that’s why God designed US to be HIS church …

Rather than primarily being about one man with a platform.