As a follow up to my post “Do you encourage your pastor” I’m going to list a few ways that we can do exactly that. These are just a few of my ideas. If you have other ideas please leave them in the comments below.
1. Prayer: I’m starting off with prayer because I think it’s what our pastors and church leaders need the most from us. If you pray specific prayers of blessing for your pastor and his family they will be encouraged and blessed in the things of the Lord. Pray for protection, encouragement and peace from the Holy Spirit. Pray that The Holy Spirit would lead him in the way he should go. It’s good to let your pastor know that you are praying for him and his family. They will be encouraged to know that you care for them and are praying God’s Will and blessing over them.
2. Words: Sadly, Read more

Have you ever wanted to say an encouraging word to your pastor but decided not to because you doubt he will care what you have to say? I know I have and I’m sure a lot of you out there have too. I think it’s important to realize that our pastors are regular people just like you and me and they need to hear our encouraging words. Believe me when I say they hear plenty about what they are not doing well.

I’ve spent enough time in church to know both sides of the equation. Members of the church have a tendency to tell their pastor about all the things they should do better or that they don’t do well. We all have strong opinions and when we see something we don’t like we feel like it’s important that we tell the pastor about it. Read more