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“Too often, our concept of pastors and church leaders reinforces rather than obliterates the sad state of family life in our current context.”

— Russell D. Moore

Pope Francis is calling for a better way to hold together complicated family lives in the midst of official church teaching without alienating people…

— Anthea Butler

“Sadly, this need to be needed fuels many of our pastoral motivations. Left unchecked, people begin to need us as pastor and confidant more…

— J R Briggs

“It is best to think of a pastoral transition as a blended family in which former effective ministries are adopted by the new pastor…

— Carolyn Weese

Pastoral ministry is a sacrificial call with unique challenges. We are called to take the Gospel to those with hard hearts and blind eyes.

— C. J. Mahaney

“The churches with the strongest special needs ministries seem to know the secret: a ministry leader who values their relationship with their volunteers almost…

— Amy Fenton Lee

“As ministry leaders and volunteers, it's our job to care mostly about a family's connection inside our church, and ultimately with Jesus Christ.”

— Amy Fenton Lee

“For many churches, as they seek to create comfortable environments in the form of worship services or small groups, have lost their ability to…

— Mike Breen

“Parents feel a greater connection to their faith community when they observe visible ways the church makes accommodations for their child. Anticipating the individual…

— Amy Fenton Lee

“In addition, a disturbing number of congregations make it clear that they don’t really want people whose lives are a mess (especially after they’ve…

— Christopher L. Heuertz

“Like Jerry Falwell and [Tim] LaHaye, [Pat] Robertson is a minister who advocates a Bible-based, pro-family agenda. Robertson, a faith healer, also claims to…

— Jeff Sharlet

Pastoral ministry is about an ongoing confrontation with the god of this world, with blindness, hardness of heart, remaining sin.

— C. J. Mahaney