Loading ...Review of “PastorPreneur”
Main Idea of the Text:
The purpose of the book was “to challenge pastors and church leaders to take bold steps, to dream big dreams, to take risks to accomplish more for God’s glory than they ever dreamed possible.”
The Three Top Ideas of Greatest Benefit:
1. There is a lot of wisdom in the line, “Those who are gripped by big goals understand that when God is the course of those goals, he provides wisdom and strength to fulfill them.” People are often afraid of growth because of the future problems and dynamics that growth can cause, but if a person is trusting in God than God will provide the solutions to those problems.
2. There is a ringing truth in those lines, “Many church leaders are already overwhelmed with just maintaining the status quo. They are busy with the problems in their communities, their churches, their families, and their own lives. This is too often the case; preachers have no extra time to lead change. Often a new project must be lead by the minister because people do not want to engage in the work, but if the preacher is too busy with all the other work there is little motivation to add some more responsibilities. This also follows along with page 161 in which the question is asked, “What will you stop doing as a result of what you have learned today?”
3. The idea of “everyone is a 10” is a radical concept. Everyone sees 20 percent of the people working, but if we do a better job of fitting people into the right role we will accomplish more work and more results.
The Three Ideas of Major disagreement:
1. The faith based events is a strategy for a larger congregation. Castle Rock is a 200 member congregation in a 45,000 person town. For the congregation to be able to host and advertise well enough for some community involvement would cost a ton of money that the congregation does not have. This is more of a larger church approach.
2. This is not a disagreement but a concern. The book states to expose leaders to other successful works. This is often difficult because of the time factor with some of the lay leaders in the congregation. People are too busy to focus on resources and development for a congregation. Sometimes the books on church growth assume too much that the leaders in congregations have a lot of time. This is typically not the case.
The Recommendation of the Book:
I would recommend this book because of the helpful hints in the various functions for a church to grow. Some of the book is a repeat from well-known Church growth material, but it is practically given which would help in the implementations of the work.
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About The Author
Sorry for the code marks in this post. I cut and paste this from Word.
Only one comment: If Castle Rock is a congregation of 200, then seven out of eight Churches of Christ in the United States — and nine out of ten in Colorado — are smaller than y’all. 200 may not be huge by “large church” standards, but it’s well on the way.
Matthew,
Thanks for the comments (I’m the author). I think they are fair and reasonable. I’m excited about your passion for the ministry of the church…blessings!
Matt, I would say that when our church was smaller than yours, running about 120, we took people to conferences, and have done so quite often. The idea that people are too busy is a myth. they are never too busy for the things that matter to them. Making church more effective needs to become important enough to get people to the place where you can ask them for a few days and a few dollars to see what God might want to do. One lesson I’ve learned, never sell God or your people short. Millard Fuller: “We’ve tried asking and not asking, and asking works better.”
Otherwise, great review!
John, thank you for reading the review. I am honored that you did and commented. You have a great gift for leading churches and ministers.