The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read
by Christopher Ash | Book Summary
Author: Christopher Ash
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Obviously, pastors are called to care for their congregation. But who cares for the pastor? Who is called to care for him? The biblical answer is clear: the church itself is called to care for the pastor. However, this dynamic puts many pastors in an awkward situation. What does a pastor do or say when his church is not caring for him? "It is not easy for your own pastor to give you a message that amounts to this: 'Come on, guys, you need to raise your game!' If they are not embarrassed, they probably should be!" (p. 10) Church members need to understand their responsibility to care for their pastor, and that message probably needs to be delivered by someone other than the pastor himself. When a pastor cares for his people and those people in turn care for their pastor, "both pastors and people grow in a glad Christ-likeness" (p. 12). |
Christopher Ash is a full-time preacher, teacher, speaker, and author. He studied theology at Oxford, and was ordained at St. Andrew the Great in Cambridge. In 1997 he led a church plant to All Saints, Little Shelford. In 2004 he moved to London to serve as Director of the Proclamation Trust's Cornhill Training Course, where he served until 2015.
Ash currently serves as Writer-in-Residence for Tyndale House Cambridge. He is the author of several books, including Remaking a Broken World, Zeal without Burnout, The Priority of Preaching, Listen Up, and Married for God.
Ash is married to Carolyn. Together they have four children and several grandchildren.
The Book Your Pastor Wishes You Would Read
by Christopher Ash
[ Book Summary ]
| Author | Christopher Ash |
| Publisher | The Good Book Company |
| Date | 2019 |
| Pages | 126 |
Overview:
The role of pastor includes a number of responsibilities. There are sermons to preach, studies to lead, people to counsel, and visits to make. In all of these activities, the pastor is called to care for people. After all, he is a "pastor-shepherd."
Obviously, pastors are called to care for their congregation. But who cares for the pastor? Who is called to care for him? The biblical answer is clear: the church itself is called to care for the pastor.
However, this dynamic puts many pastors in an awkward situation. What does a pastor do or say when his church is not caring for him?
"It is not easy for your own pastor to give you a message that amounts to this: 'Come on, guys, you need to raise your game!' If they are not embarrassed, they probably should be!" (p. 10)
Church members need to understand their responsibility to care for their pastor, and that message probably needs to be delivered by someone other than the pastor himself.
When a pastor cares for his people and those people in turn care for their pastor, "both pastors and people grow in a glad Christ-likeness" (p. 12).
Christopher Ash is a full-time preacher, teacher, speaker, and author. He studied theology at Oxford, and was ordained at St. Andrew the Great in Cambridge. In 1997 he led a church plant to All Saints, Little Shelford. In 2004 he moved to London to serve as Director of the Proclamation Trust's Cornhill Training Course, where he served until 2015.
Ash currently serves as Writer-in-Residence for Tyndale House Cambridge. He is the author of several books, including Remaking a Broken World, Zeal without Burnout, The Priority of Preaching, Listen Up, and Married for God.
Ash is married to Carolyn. Together they have four children and several grandchildren.