Pastoral ministry Quote by Dave Harvey

“No preacher, regardless of where he serves, is free to reinvent preaching.”

— Steven J. Lawson

“You get into a conversation with a preacher, he’s got to preach.”

— Jo Maeder

“You don’t have to be a preacher or have years of training to use your home to love and serve people.”

— Alexander Strauch

“Baptists: I'm a pious guy, but even I have my limits. I draw the line right around spending 8 hours in church every Sunday.…

— Stephen Colbert

“Bread for me is a material question. Bread for my neighbor is a spiritual one.”

— Nicholas Berdyaev

“Instead of equipping the saints to do the work of ministry, those in pastoral leadership do it themselves.”

— Greg Ogden

“If ye were not Christ's wheat, appointed to be bread in His house, He would not grind you.”

— Samuel Rutherford

“The task of pastoral ministry, above all else, is to arrange contingencies for an encounter with the divine.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“You know…God needs businessmen as well as preachers and missionaries.” Reverend Devol”

— R.G. LeTorneau

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

— Michael Hidalgo

“Preach the Gospel, use words when necessary.”

— St. Francis of assisi

“It’s sad to say, but not every employee of a church is a Christian, and each quarter I terminate those whose purpose is not…

— Genevieve Woods