{"id":449,"date":"2009-03-17T17:41:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2013-06-25T13:08:10","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T17:08:10","slug":"9-marks-advice-for-young-pastors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=449","title":{"rendered":"9 Marks, Advice for Young Pastors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest 9 Marks ejournal is now available (in pdf as well<\/a>).
\nBelow is the table of contents with links.<\/p>\n

This is a great resource for younger and older pastors. The article that most caught my eye is Leeman’s “Love the Church More than Its Health.” I have too often had pastors want to tell me how they were about to initiate a new direction but it was clear there was little love for their people. This concern is reflected in an ordination charge <\/a>I posted a couple of years ago.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note – Young Pastors: Where Do You Begin?
\nA Pastor’s Priorities For Day One<\/a>
\nSo you’re a brand new pastor. What do you do when you show up at the office on Monday?
\nBy Bob Johnson<\/p>\n

The Goals and Benefits of an Installation Service<\/a>
\nMore than a formality, an installation service gives you a chance to set the tone for your pastorate and begin the work of shepherding.
\nBy Aaron Menikoff<\/p>\n

Young Pastors: What Did You Inherit?
\n8 Steps for Dealing with Difficult Leaders<\/a>
\nWhat do you do when influential members of your church are – shall we say – less than helpful?
\nBy Ken Swetland<\/p>\n

Dealing with Bad Documents<\/a>
\nYou’re the pastor now, but the church constitution is clunky and the statement of faith is almost heretical. What do you do?
\nBy Greg Gilbert<\/p>\n

Young Pastors: How Do You Lead Change?
\nIs This a Hill Worth Dying On?<\/a>
\nSome pastors make every dispute a hill to die on; others wouldn’t fight to save their grandmother’s life. Schmucker offers some guidance.
\nBy Matt Schmucker<\/p>\n

What I CAN and CANNOT Live With as a Pastor<\/a>
\nWhat issues are worth fighting – or leaving – over? Are there any criteria?
\nBy Mark Dever<\/p>\n

Love the Church More than its Health<\/a>
\nPastors need to love the people in their church more than their dream of a healthy church.
\nBy Jonathan Leeman<\/p>\n

Should Pastors Change Anything in the First Year?<\/a>
\nAn old maxim says, “If you don’t change something in the first year you never will; and whatever you change in the first year will be a mistake.” Is that right?
\nBy Phillip Jensen<\/p>\n

One from the Vault:<\/a>
\nMark Dever’s classic article from 2000, How to Change Your Church <\/a>Young Pastors: How to Persevere<\/p>\n

WWJD – What Would Jim Do?<\/a>
\nJames Montgomery Boice’s successor shares a few lessons he learned from watching a master.
\nBy Philip Graham Ryken
\nShepherding and Trust<\/a>
\nA church doesn’t learn to trust its pastors overnight; he better be in it for the long haul.
\nBy Robert Norris
\nA Pastor For Now<\/a>
\nWhy Mark loves the pastorate, but will be happy to proceed to what’s next.
\nBy Mark Dever<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The latest 9 Marks ejournal is now available (in pdf as well). Below is the table of contents with links. This is a great resource for younger and older pastors. The article that most caught my eye is Leeman’s “Love the Church More than Its Health.” I have too often had pastors want to tell …<\/p>\n

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