Cornerstone Curriculum, Official Certification Edition

LESSON 2 | FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP: THE CHRISTIAN LEADER AS PASTOR / 297

• God makes unequivocal promises to those who faithfully fulfill their work of shepherding the flock of God – they will receive the unfading crown of glory when the Chief Shepherd appears at the Second Coming.

I. Models and Analogies of the Pastorate

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A. The pastor is a nurturer. The pastor is a nurturer, one who ensures that the flock of God receives its proper nourishment and feeding, tending and care.

1. As the Shepherd of Israel, God’s distinct role was to provide his people with feeding and nourishment that would cause them to grow, to be strengthened, and experience the abundance of his leading.

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a. Isa. 40.11

The apostle bids that such persons should be teachers. Let him be a patient ruler. Let him know when he may relax the reins. Let him terrify at first, and then anoint with honey. And let him be the first to practice what he teaches. ~ Commodianus (c. 240, W), 4.214., David W. Bercot, ed. A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs .

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b. Jer. 23.4

c. Ezek. 34.23

2. A pastor is a nurturing shepherd; you can’t shepherd if you don’t have a flock.

Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1998. p. 159.

3. A pastor will not tend a flock if he does not have a heart for them, Jer. 3.15.

4. A pastor is a nurturer not one who dominates or intimidates, 1 Pet. 5.3.