Over time, profound synergies develop between vital congregations and excellent pastors in which congregations, pastors, and wider communities flourish in vital ways. Excellent pastors are gifted at calling laity to vital discipleship and helping them live their vocations faithfully in the world, in educating their congregations through theological leadership in worship and teaching, and in shaping a vision for a way of life that reaches beyond the walls of the church. Strong congregations cultivate a life together that inspires and requires gifted pastoral leadership, taking risks and posing questions that raise the standards for what is possible and needed for the life of the community.
Resurrecting Excellence: Shaping faithful Christian ministry
L. Gregory Jones and Kevin R. Armstrong (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2006), 22
Oh, that I would be such an excellent youth pastor!
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Do you know anything about Don Bosco?
No, never heard of him. Who is he?
He was a youth pastor in Turin in the C19. Definitely not lacking passion, or neglectful of the Passion. More to follow! (eventually, am fighting coursework and work and somewhere my thesis preparation ought to be happenin :-(...)
Here is a link to his sort-of autobiography, and a link to other writings of his in English on the internet.
The thing that shines through is his love for the boys, and his complete commitment to winning them for Christ, to giving them Christ. Tres inspiring!
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