I like to post here comments from various eras affirming the importance of shepherding and caring for the flock in day to day life.\u00a0 So here is a quote from McConnell’s Manual for Baptist Churches (1926):<\/p>\n
The pastor should be a student of men and books.\u00a0 He should know the people intimately and enter into their life purposes and aspirations.\u00a0 He should study ways to serve them intellectually, socially, materially, and spiritually.\u00a0 He should take an interest in all that they do, their business success, their entertainment, their general welfare.\u00a0 Nothing which affects the people should escape his interest and watchful care.\u00a0 He should comfort the sorrowing, help the poor and needy, seek to assist the unemployed, warn the careless, and help the prosperous in their efforts to be spiritual.\u00a0 When death enters a home, his should be the most consoling words.\u00a0 When financial disaster falls on a family, he should show them that life is more than gain, and lead them to appreciate what they have left, show that it is worth more than money. (87)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I like to post here comments from various eras affirming the importance of shepherding and caring for the flock in day to day life.\u00a0 So here is a quote from McConnell’s Manual for Baptist Churches (1926): The pastor should be a student of men and books.\u00a0 He should know the people intimately and enter into …<\/p>\n