Quitting the(ir) job of “pastor”
August 4th, 2007 by Marc A. Pitman
Great post from Ben Arment in quitting being a “Jesus crutch” to make Jesus’ radical call easier for people.
I quit that job in my first few weeks of pastoring.
And I’d quit it again if I accidently got dressed in that bondage.
My job is to point to Jesus, not take his place.
One reason I’m not big on being called “pastor” is the way people use it to make me somehow different than themselves. We no longer need priests to go between us and God. I refuse to become that.
Point people to Jesus. Yes.
Pretend to be closer to God than they could ever hope of being. Never.
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August 6th, 2007 at 6:59 am
great post there Marc: one of the best I’ve seen lately.
I found this to be one of the biggest stumbling blocks to folks,getting over that clergy/laiety boundary so prevalant in our area: and a real danger to those in charge; especially starting out in planting/etc: being called ‘pastor so & so’.
Who is able to NOT have that go to the head?
Not me.
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August 7th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Thanks Rich!
I don’t mean to be mean when I tell people my name is “Marc” not “Pastor Marc”!