Christ Quote by Howard G. Hendricks

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

The most important thing a pastor does is stand in a pulpit every Sunday and say, 'Let us worship God.' If that ceases to…

— Eugene H. Peterson

“In many ways, being a pastor is simply being a person. A person who shows up, a person who prays, a person who worships,…

— Martha Spong

When pastors don't have rich spiritual lives with Christ, they become victimized by other models of success - models conveyed to them by their…

— Dallas Willard

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

— Anonymous

“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

I think a pastor used to be viewed as the one-stop ministry shop. The pastor served on every committee, volunteered at every event, and…

— Mark Batterson

Anything you can do that connects believers with one another engages the church to go the next level, which keeps the pastor from being…

— Tony Evans

When a pastor steals or over-borrows someone else's work, that pastor is not only playing a role like an actor but isn't a true…

— John MacArthur

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

— Michael Hidalgo

If people don't know their pastor, it's easy to put the pastor on a pedestal and depersonalize him or her. It's also easy for…

— Eugene H. Peterson

A pastor should never complain about his congregation, certainly never to other people, but also not to God. A congregation has not been entrusted…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer