Pastor Quotes

• If people don't know their pastor, it's easy to put the pastor on a pedestal and depersonalize him or her. It's also easy for pastors, who don't know their congregations, simply to classify congregants as saved or unsaved, involved or not involved, tithers or non-tithers.

  

  Eugene H. Peterson
  • Involved
  • Pastor
  • Congregations

• A true evangelist is almost as great a rarity as a true pastor. Alas! Alas! How rare are both! The two are closely connected. The evangelist gathers the sheep; the pastor feeds and cares for them. The work of each lies very near the heart of Christ- [Who Is] The Divine Evangelist and Pastor.

  

  Charles Henry Mackintosh
  • Heart
  • Past
  • Christian

• Donald Trump in a church getting interrupted by the pastor because he started attacking Hillary Clinton.

  

  Bill Burton
  • Church
  • Donald Trump
  • Pastor

• I get asked, 'What do you miss most about being a pastor?' I think it's the intimacy, the incredible gift of intimacy. You go through death with somebody, with their families, and there's an intimacy that comes through that that is just incomparable.

  

  Eugene H. Peterson
  • Death
  • Gift
  • Intimacy

• The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.

  

  John Calvin
  • Scripture
  • Voices
  • Thieves

• The most common self-inflicted put-down is 'I am not a pastor-I am just a layperson.' This is all part of a clever satanic scheme to neutralize apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers along with the entire army of disciples, already positioned in the marketplace.

  

  Ed Silvoso
  • Army
  • Teachers
  • Apostles

• The world needs a pastor, whether it knows it or not.

  

  George Weigel
  • World
  • Knows
  • Pastor

• A friend of mine was married to an assistant church pastor who regularly beat her up. He was smart ?- he'd do it in a way that the bruises didn't show. For the longest time, she dealt with it. Who would believe the minister was a wife beater?! Meanwhile, my friend ? - An attorney! ? - Suffered in silence.

  

  Carolyn Maloney
  • Believe
  • Wife
  • Church

• I believe God takes the things in our lives - family, background, education - and uses them as part of his calling. It might not be to become a pastor. But I don't think God wastes anything.

  

  Eugene H. Peterson
  • God
  • I Believe
  • Wastes

• You don't have to be a pastor to let your passion be felt and your voice heard. You just need to be willing to be the first one willing to die.

  

  Eric Ludy
  • Passion
  • Willing
  • Pastor

• The role of the pastor is to embody the gospel. And of course to get it embodied, which you can only do with individuals, not in the abstract.

  

  Eugene H. Peterson
  • Role
  • Gospel
  • Individuals

• This book will show you how to make the rest of your life the best of your life. I want every man in my congregation to read this inspiring story! Rick Warren, pastor, Saddleback Community Church.

  

  Bob Buford
  • Book
  • Congregation
  • Inspiring Story

• The most important thing a pastor does is stand in a pulpit every Sunday and say, 'Let us worship God.' If that ceases to be the primary thing I do in terms of my energy, my imagination, and the way I structure my life, then I no longer function as a pastor.

  

  Eugene H. Peterson
  • Energy
  • Imagination
  • Worship God

• The vocation of pastor has been replaced by the strategies of religious entrepreneurs with business plans.

  

  Eugene H. Peterson
  • Vocation
  • Strategies
  • Business Plan

• It was an all-white church. It was starting to decline. They had to hire a new pastor, and they hired him. But he came under the condition that "I want and I'm called to make this a multiethnic church." So they knew. He's interesting because he's part-Asian, part-white. He's married to a Hispanic woman, so that's their family and that's their vision.

  

  Michael Emerson
  • Family
  • Church
  • Married

• Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin people's lives, and you ruin your own life.

  

  Eugene H. Peterson
  • Power
  • Religion
  • Pastor

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