Examples of How the Gift of Pastor Doesn’t Mean You’re a Good Administrative Leader<\/h2>\n
Servant #1:<\/strong>\u00a0 He directed a ministry.\u00a0 His biggest asset was not in making administrative decisions but in ministering to the staff.\u00a0 Though people would get frustrated with the process of getting from point A to point B, they knew he was there for them and tended to overlook his errors in judgment.<\/p>\n Servant #2:<\/strong>\u00a0 He pastored a church.\u00a0 His biggest asset was not in dealing with the details of programming but in\u00a0caring for its members.\u00a0 Though people would get frustrated with his lack of excellence or quality, they appreciated his heart and usually would cut him some slack.<\/p>\n Servant #3:<\/strong>\u00a0 He directed the church’s small group ministry.\u00a0 His biggest asset was not in coordinating the various groups but rather in\u00a0nurturing the small group leaders.\u00a0 Though people would get frustrated with his last minute scheduling and poor planning, they kept him in this position because he knew how to build a team of leaders.<\/p>\n None of these servants had the gift of administration, nor a personality that lent itself to good organizational skills,\u00a0but they did have the spiritual gift of pastor.\u00a0 Consequently,\u00a0under their leadership, things were often\u00a0left undone, done poorly, or at the last moment.\u00a0 Their focus was on looking after people, not administrative details.<\/p>\n Lessons to be Learned:<\/em><\/p>\n People with the spiritual gift of pastor often find themselves in positions of leadership, even when they do not possess other leadership gifts or skills.\u00a0 To minimize the frustration their kind of leadership can bring, they need to surround themselves with other types of leaders<\/a> to bring some quality and continued growth into the picture.<\/p>\n The Spiritual Gift of Pastor Defined . . .![\"Ministry](\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/MinistryHandbookSamples-sm.jpg\")
<\/a>Get this example of different ways the spiritual gift of pastor can be used, along with 20 other gifts, in the Ministry Handbook: Spiritual Gifts in Use<\/a><\/strong>. In addition, the handbook suggests spiritual gifts most typically used in 16 broad ministry areas and 27 specific tasks that may need to be accomplished in most of those areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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