Every day Quote by C. John Miller

“Being a pastor is God’s way of redeeming my incessant need to be the center of attention.”

— Michael Hidalgo

“You cannot relate to your pastor properly until you have thoroughly, in your heart, made him your pastor.”

— Mark T. Barclay

“If you are a pastor there is no way you can lose faith without losing face, you are considered the devil incarnate by your…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“A pastor must be like a matchmaker who persuades a girl to marry someone else. He must be very careful the girl does not…

— Richard Wurmbrand

“No pastor, no spiritual leader, is ever able to take his people any further than he himself has gone with God.”

— W. Phillip Keller

Pastors are highly susceptible to the sin of sloth.

— Eugene H. Peterson

Ideally, a good pastor wants to empower a congregation to the point where they don't need him. You want everyone to leave feeling better.

— Pete Holmes

If the church wants a better pastor, it only needs to pray for the one it has.

— Anonymous

“God’s idea of ministry training is a broken vessel. His idea of spiritual preparation is suffering, which includes rejection.”

— Frank Viola

“If a pastor's activity in the church is merely a once-a-week attempt to tow the congregation's cargo ship a little closer to eternity, the…

— Søren Kierkegaard

The pastor who cares about the spiritual growth of his people must make God and His Word the centerpiece of his ministry.

— Steven J. Law

“an old pastor’s anxiety for his church is likewise a forgetfulness of the fact that Christ is Himself the pastor of His people and…

— Marilynne Robinson