Paul Model Of Pastoral Leadership

The Paul model for pastoral leadership has been lost in today culture, today our pastors are measured on how well he can organize, build big buildings and manage the congregates. Congregation want pastor to be ready available at their every beck and call but do not tell them how to live a sacrificially or live in community as the early church did. In the book of Act’s Paul writes, And all who believed were together and had all things in common.45 And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47 praising God and having favor with all the …show more content…
He knew what pleased God and God had given him supernatural insight and understanding of what the kingdom of God should look like in earth. Unity and harmony among the church is essential to the growth or the church. If the church would unity with a purpose of Glorifying God there is no limit to what we can do. Paul’s pastoral agenda is first evident when he explains the cause of his thanksgiving. In recalling that he prays for the Philippians often and that he does so with joy he introduces a dominant theme in the letter. Their “partnership (koinonia) in the gospel from the first day until now” is the object of Paul’s joy and the source of his thanksgiving. As one whose task is “the defense and confirmation of the gospel” Paul does not stand alone. This partnership includes not only the gifts that the Philippians have sent but also their participation in his tribulations their prayers for him, and the partnership of love that unites the community. Paul’s sees his relationship with the body of believes as a partnership both working to share the gospel and live it out as a community of convent believes. Pastoral leadership should be community not hierarchy. The church understood Paul was their leader his willingness to suffer for the cause of Christ made them pray for him and share with him God’s grace. The koinonia is the distinguishing feature of friendship. Friends share all things and are “one soul” looking …show more content…
Paul understood the gospel can and will make people better. Today modern pastor Thompson is correct in his statement the modern church wants the pastor to be skilled in so many areas often times to shepherding and overseeing of souls is the last thing on the schedule. There are many modern day attempts to free the pastor up to only teach and preach leaving but the soul care to be done by someone else. Therefore many pastors don’t even know their congregations. Paul loved God, His church and the people. The pastor must find a way to do all three if they want to adapt Paul’s pastoral leadership to your leadership. This can be challenging but our goal must be to make the community better by teaching the how to live and think like Christ of every area of their