Practicing Christian Leadership, Mentor's Guide, MG11

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P R A C T I C I N G C H R I S T I A N L E A D E R S H I P

1. To guard and to watch, Heb. 13.17

Ours is not the first generation to have non-caring pastors. There still remain bishops and rectors of parishes; and I wish that they would contend for the maintenance of their office. I would willingly grant that they have a pious and excellent office if they would discharge it; but when they desert the churches committed to them, considered pastors, they just act as if the office of pastor were to do nothing. . . . But it is repugnant to common sense to regard him as a shepherd who has never seen a sheep of his flock. and throwing the care upon others, would still be

2. To feed and to nourish, John 21.15-17

3. To tend and to care for, Acts 20.28

4. To guide and to lead, 1 Pet. 5.2-3

II. Critical Principles in Providing the Care for Souls in Distress

A. Shepherds intercede for their flocks: the importance of prayer .

1. Bathe all that you do and say in fervent, believing prayer to the Lord, James 5.13-16.

2. Prayer had great impact in the ministry of the Apostles, effecting healing and deliverance in a variety of situations.

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a. Acts 9.40

~ John Calvin. Institutes of the Christian Religion .

Translation of Institutio Christianae Religionis . Originally published: Edinburgh: Calvin Translation Society, 1845-1846. (IV, v, 11).

b. Acts 28.8

3. Jesus promised that those who pray in faith will accomplish great things on behalf of others.

(electronic ed.) Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997.

a. Matt. 7.7