Comments on: another pastoral transition http://djchuang.com/2005/another-pastoral-transition/ / strategist / ideator / Asian American / connector / gamechanger Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: djchuang http://djchuang.com/2005/another-pastoral-transition/#comment-618 djchuang Thu, 28 Jul 2005 12:30:25 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2005/07/d1132#comment-618 I do know Bruce personally and he knows me, as an acquaintance. We haven't hung out, so I don't know all the details. The funny (and not so funny) thing about seminary professors, is that many of them are skilled at teaching the principles, and many of them have had pastoral experience, but they seem more suited to teaching those principles than actually being the pastor within the organized church. This is an unideal world, and that seems to be how things fall out -- professors who teach about leadership vs. pastors who actually do the pastoring. Or, another possibility is that God calls someone to pastor for a season, and then to teach other pastors for a season. I do know Bruce personally and he knows me, as an acquaintance. We haven’t hung out, so I don’t know all the details.

The funny (and not so funny) thing about seminary professors, is that many of them are skilled at teaching the principles, and many of them have had pastoral experience, but they seem more suited to teaching those principles than actually being the pastor within the organized church. This is an unideal world, and that seems to be how things fall out — professors who teach about leadership vs. pastors who actually do the pastoring.

Or, another possibility is that God calls someone to pastor for a season, and then to teach other pastors for a season.

]]> By: bumble http://djchuang.com/2005/another-pastoral-transition/#comment-617 bumble Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:09:54 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2005/07/d1132#comment-617 dj, do you peronally know bruce at all? After going through his blog, somehow I questioned the whole thing. How could someone specialized in Organizational Leadership, dished out church leadership lessons via his blog, yet failed to influence the board of his own church to follow his direction, especially when he started the church from scratch and had 16 years to shape its culture? Perhaps the drive for church growth short-circuited the quality of the disciple-making process? I don't know, but I don't want to ask that painful question to Bruce at this point... Praying for him. dj, do you peronally know bruce at all? After going through his blog, somehow I questioned the whole thing.

How could someone specialized in Organizational Leadership, dished out church leadership lessons via his blog, yet failed to influence the board of his own church to follow his direction, especially when he started the church from scratch and had 16 years to shape its culture?

Perhaps the drive for church growth short-circuited the quality of the disciple-making process? I don’t know, but I don’t want to ask that painful question to Bruce at this point…

Praying for him.

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