Three Things That are Never Good for a Pastor

There are three things that can happen in the course of pastoral ministry that are sure signs that you are moving on...  They are:

   1. Meetings of selected individuals for the purpose of discussing the minister's status with the congregation.  The meetings are not openly announced and not every member of the congregation is invited. 

   2. Having a single family (immediate & extended) make up a large portion of the leadership.

   3. Reasons for discontent are easily seen as not the real reasons.

Jesus in Matthew 18:15-17 gives a very clear process of how one is to approach someone with whom they are in disagreement. If followed, there would be a lot less heartache among people.