No Perfect Pastor

Monday, August 24, 2009

No Perfect Pastor: The Perfect Pastor Chapter One

No Perfect Pastor: The Perfect Pastor Chapter One
Posted by D T Owsley, Pastor at 11:28 PM

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Why this blog?

Having four decades of church experience, as both a member and pastor, I know the disappointments members often have in pastors, and have experienced the challenges as a pastor when I failed to meet church members' expectations.

So, the point of the blog is to provide thoughts, comments, musings, biblical insights and sometimes practical advice for Christian church members who want the perfect pastor but don't have one. At the same time, to offer pastors with ways to address and deal with the various expectations of church members.

About Me

D T Owsley, Pastor
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Book Reviews

The Perfect Pastor? is a new book I've written. It is an engaging story that provides biblical and practical advice for when you want the perfect pastor but don't have one. Most church members have good intentions toward their pastor. However, they often have an unrealistic understanding of what a pastor is supposed to be and do, and often are unaware of what the Bible requires of their relationship to him.
This book is a story about a fictional pastor whose name is Dan, and his family. It tells the realistic, practical, humorous, exasperating, conflicting, and rewarding real-life experiences of Dan. The biblical perspective on those experiences opens God's Word to the requirements, roles and responsibilities of every pastor, as well as the biblical obligations members have to their pastor.
This book is also designed to be a tool. As a church member you will be better equipped to choose a pastor, to relate to him and to support him. Pastors and church leaders, likewise will gain a depth of understanding for some good ways to relate to the varieties of people in your church.
The Perfect Pastor? was released in the fall of 2007 by Xulon Press.

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Relevant Links

  • Book: The Perfect Pastor?
  • Christian Counseling & Education Foundation
  • Cornerstone Presbyterian Church Ft. Collins
  • Creed or Chaos
  • New Geneva Theological Seminary (my other mater)
  • Peacemaker Ministries
  • Spiritual Abuse Recovery Resources
  • The Parsonage
  • Titus 2 Institute
  • Westminster Seminary California (my alma mater)

Books Worth Reading

  • 12 Steps for the Recovering Pharisee by John Fischer
  • 20 Controversies That Almost Killed a Church by Richard Ganz
  • Churches That Abuse by Ronald M. Enroth
  • Clergy Killers by G. Lloyd Rediger
  • Decisions, Decisions by Dave Swavely
  • Healing Spiritual Abuse by Ken Blue
  • How to Keep the Pastor You Love by Jane Rubietta
  • Pastors at Greater Risk by London and Wiseman
  • Reforming Pastoral Ministry by John H. Armstrong
  • Shepherding God's Flock by Jay Adams
  • Spiritual Depression by D. Martyn lloyd-Jones
  • The Cross and Christian Ministry by by D.A. Carson
  • The Peace Making Pastor by Alfred Poirier
  • The Peacemaker by Ken Sande
  • The Perfect Pastor?
  • The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse by Johnson and VanVonderen
  • They Call Me Pastor by London and Wiseman
  • Well-Intentioned Dragons by Shelley Marshall
  • When Bad Christians Happen to Good People by Dave Burchett
  • Who Are You to Judge? by Dave Swavely

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