If only pastors would read what matters and stop listening to the "talking heads"...
There is so much hype around the contemporary pastor and church,
especially concerning style and personality. Pastors are not called to
be rock stars or self-help gurus, not are they called to be CEOs of a
franchise company. The biblical role of pastor is lost in today's
market-driven world and it is killing everyone! Young pastors are
becoming disillusioned, old pastors feel like failures, and the church
folk are nothing more than market research and polls number of the
pastor's approval/disapproval rating. IT IS SICK, and Rohrer calls us
all out.
The job of the pastor is simple: preach the Word and
point people to Jesus. We are but vessels of His power and message.
Rohrer is not ignorant of the tensions of ministries, but seeks to
address them in this book while still keeping the focus on Jesus and the
Gospel.
Pastors, put down you Barna report and pick up this
book. Read it and then go back to preaching the Word regardless of the
people's response.
