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Pandering to a mega church paradigm.

I have an agenda. Recently when I was discussing my views on leadership and church growth with a pastor I was accused of not understanding the struggles small time pastors and small churches go through. I was told that my views would be better suited to large mega churches and that I pandered to mega church views. I have for the last few weeks been thinking about this. Are my ideas really just a reflection of those expressed by mega churches? Am I wrong in what I believe about church leadership and its relationship to a pastors ministry? In January I wrote on this blog that everybody has an agenda. Well here is something that may shock you, I have an agenda. Recently I asked a friend what he felt his purpose was he said to me that he felt that he was called to love everybody but he was called to disciple only those who were in his view, premier team churches. In other words he was called to put input into those churches that could be classed as large, fast growing mega...

Money we all want more.

Part two: Increasing our income. Salaries and payments to Senior Church Leaders (SCL) is still a very emotive issue. A search of the internet on this subject reveals that it is an uncomfortable subject among many churches and organisations and that there is no clear cut answer. Issues revolve around area and socio-economic background of congregation. The size of congregation and the length of time the Pastor or Senior Church Leader has been in ministry-their level of experience and education. It also depends a lot on which country you live in. For the purpose of this blog I am talking about the developed world. Even so the general consensus is that in countries such as New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America we still under pay our Pastors and Senior Church Leaders. (SCL) Let us suppose for just a moment that we live in a perfect world and that we pay our pastors and senior church leaders a liveable wage. A wage that is above the nation...