‘Why Pastors should flee the Ministry’

Posted on September 7, 2012 
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Read anything by Gregory of Nazianzus (329–389AD) lately? Keith Goad in Churchman (just posted on the web by Church Society) thinks there is good reason to do so –

“The purpose of this paper is to provide a vision of the pastorate from Gregory’s writing that will challenge pastors to reflect upon the gravity of their office and the responsibilities that are necessary to be faithful to the calling and the one who has called them. The end goal is not to have them flee the pastorate, though this will be tempting in light of Gregory’s vision, but to recognize their need for God’s grace to fulfill their duty and recommit themselves to the office and its high demands.”

– Read it here (PDF).