Friday, April 16, 2010

The ABC’s of The Pastor’s Role - What does this mean?

The following list was distributed at a recent pastor's conference. It exemplifies how many pastor leaders see themselves. Is this an accurate representation of the Pastor Role as defined in the five fold ministry of Ephesians 4? OR, is there something wrong with this picture. I wonder what you think?

A Pastor Is:
A - Ambassador, advocate, administrator, activator

B - Baptizer, building usage consultant, budget juggler

C - Confidante, confronter, community builder, counselor, coach, cheerleader

D - Discussion leader, divorce mediator, detail freak

E - Encourager, emotional baggage handler, evangelist, educator, evaluator

F - Funeral companion, father, friend

G - Grace giver, grounds inspector

H - Historian, homelitician, hospice worker, hiker

I - Interpreter, issue classifier

J - Justice seeker, judicatory responder, janitor, joker

K - Knowledge dispenser, kid

L - Latent gift discoverer, liturgist, leader

M - Mediator, missionary, moderator, musician

N - Nurturer, nurse, nudger

O - Organizer, opportunity spotter

P - Public speaker, problem solver, preacher, patriot, proof-reader, pilgrim

Q - Questioner, quarterback

R - Reviewer, Roberts’ Ruler

S - Spokesperson, spiritual director, shepherd, social worker, steward, spouse

T - Teacher trainer

U - Unifier, utility player

V - Volunteer coordinator, vision caster, visitor

W - Wedding ceremony presider, writer

X - X-traordinary ingenuity with limited resources (like figuring a way to use X)

Y - Youth advocate, Yule celebrator

Z - Zeal stoker, zoo keeper (so it seems, some days)

1 comment:

Ron McK said...

J for Jack-of-all-trades.