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Many if not most of the pastors I meet have a huge goal. Their aspirations are not to be rich or famous or anything temporal. They want to make an eternal difference in people’s lives. They want to bring people closer to Jesus. Talk about a vision! Talk about a goal that requires leadership!
Yet pastors somehow have a disconnect in their minds between pastoring and leading.
A pastor exercises influence through preaching and teaching and counseling and so on. They do it without apology! They discern what is needed at any given moment: law, gospel, admonition, encouragement, prayer, etc. and they step in and do it. They would never think, “I don’t care, whatever you want!” They cannot but speak when it has to do with someone’s spiritual life. Is this not leadership? Of course it is! It is being a pastor exercising leadership and thus influence upon others that they would hear the Word of God and grow closer to Jesus.
Yet ask a pastor to provide leadership for the church as a whole and somehow some pastors shy away or disengage or act passive saying that’s not for me or that's not my calling.
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