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Top Ten Ways to Ruin a Young Pastor (By jim Vining)
10. Promise big things in their interviews, and then pull back on those promises once the family is on site.
9. Do not bother mentoring them or investing in their personal or professional development.
8. Ask them to reach new people, but force them to think the same way as the existing staff.
7. Ask them to bring change, but do not allow them to do anything different.
6. Young Pastor’s Concerns = Never Valid. Member’s Concerns about Young Pastor = Always Valid.
5. Give them responsibility, but do not give them the authority to accomplish those things.
4. Give them greater workloads than other pastors, but also less respect.
3. Say one thing in private meetings, another thing in staff or elder meetings, and another thing in Sunday Worship.
2. Reject their ideas, tell them how to do it, and when it does not work … blame them.
1. Allow your personal insecurities to interpret the young pastor’s words and deeds as attempts to mock you or steal your job.
There are a few I would add or tweak... so maybe in a few years when I find time to blog again, I will generate my own list...
