{"id":3516,"date":"2015-04-29T05:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomrainer.com\/?p=3516"},"modified":"2020-02-07T15:33:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T21:33:21","slug":"twelve-reasons-i-love-my-pastor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/twelve-reasons-i-love-my-pastor\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve Reasons I Love My Pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love pastors and others who serve churches vocationally. But I must admit, I don\u2019t verbalize or write about that love very often. Shame on me. Allow me to take a few moments to articulate some of the reasons I love my pastor.<\/p>\n

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  1. I love my pastor because he studies and preaches the Word faithfully.<\/strong> He is consistent every week.<\/li>\n
  2. I love my pastor because he is a man of prayer.<\/strong> He knows he cannot lead and shepherd our church in his own power. He is totally dependent on God.<\/li>\n
  3. I love my pastor because he is always on call.<\/strong> His workweeks are long. He knows his vacations and days off will often be interrupted by crises and deaths, but he doesn\u2019t complain. He views it as a part of his call.<\/li>\n
  4. I love my pastor because he is there to celebrate my victories and to comfort me in my difficulties.<\/strong> His life is a roller coaster of emotional events, but he remains constant and strong for our church.<\/li>\n
  5. I love my pastor because he leads our church with a vision.<\/strong> And he constantly seeks to make certain it is God\u2019s vision and not his own.<\/li>\n
  6. I love my pastor because he endures criticism from church members.<\/strong> And though the critics hurt him, he perseveres and loves them anyway.<\/li>\n
  7. I love my pastor because he is authentic.<\/strong> He does not act spiritually superior or condescending. The pastor I see in the pulpit is consistent with the pastor I see in other settings.<\/li>\n
  8. I love my pastor because he bears the burdens of leading many people without complaints or self-pity.<\/strong> He hears of so many challenges and problems in others\u2019 lives, but that does not deter him from listening and praying for us.<\/li>\n
  9. I love my pastor because he is sacrificial.<\/strong> He seeks to put us church members before himself. He is a selfless man and a grateful man.<\/li>\n
  10. I love my pastor because he loves to share the gospel and the power of the resurrection.<\/strong> He is truly passionate about seeing those without Christ become followers of the Savior.<\/li>\n
  11. I love my pastor because he disciples and mentors many.<\/strong> He understands that his role is not to do all the work of ministry, but to equip others to do the work of ministry.<\/li>\n
  12. I love my pastor because he loves our congregation with a Christ-like love.<\/strong> Though he can get frustrated and discouraged, his love for us does not wane. Indeed we get a glimpse of the love of Christ through the love of our pastor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I could name so many other reasons I love my pastor, but I will let these be sufficient for now. I would love to hear from you about why you love your pastor. Feel free to give the name of your pastor and the name of your church.<\/p>\n

    By the way, my pastor\u2019s name is Mike Glenn<\/a>. He serves the congregation of Brentwood Baptist Church. I am really looking forward to your responses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I could name so many other reasons I love my pastor, but I will let these be sufficient for now.","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,184,175,177,194],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-answers","category-discipleship","category-grow","category-lead","category-preaching"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTwelve Reasons I Love My Pastor | Church Answers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I could name so many other reasons I love my pastor, but I will let these be sufficient for now.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/twelve-reasons-i-love-my-pastor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Twelve Reasons I Love My Pastor | Church Answers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I could name so many other reasons I love my pastor, but I will let these be sufficient for now.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/blog\/twelve-reasons-i-love-my-pastor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Church Answers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-29T10:00:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-02-07T21:33:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/churchanswers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Mike-Glenn-12-1024x670-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"343\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Thom S. 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