“We’re here to govern, not pastor.”
“We’re here to govern, not pastor.”
He said it out loud.
The other man in the room nodded.
Then open 1 Peter 5.
Shepherd the flock.
Not as lords over those entrusted to you.
Be examples.
If the job description is “rule the mission” and the board exists to strengthen the pastor’s hand — not to represent the flock — that is not a shepherd. That is a throne with a pulpit painted on it.
Jesus is the King.
Elders are not.
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