So you read a couple of things I expect. Now let's turn the lens on us.Well, on me.
What can my pastor expect from me?
If you are Rhonda's pastor, you can expect you will not be my sole source of spiritual growth. Yes, I expect you to challenge me and push me to dig in deeper, but all my eggs aren't in your basket. You are not responsible for the cultivation of my spiritual walk. I am. He is.
If you are Rhonda's pastor, you can expect that I am going to read the Word for myself. When you tell us to turn to chapter and verse, it will not be the first time I will have opened it that week.
Dear pastor, you can expect that if I have a question, I will come to you, but only after I have exhausted all my other options. I promise not to run to you for every little detail.
If you are Rhonda's pastor, you need to know I have an opinion, honestly, about most things. I will try my very best to use discernment in expressing them.
If you are Rhonda's pastor, you can expect that I will fail. There will be times when my mouth outruns my brain and my flesh wins out.
My pastor should expect that I will serve somewhere.
My pastor should expect that I will grow in maturity in Lord.
Do you have any ideas about what you think pastors should expect from us?
Maybe you disagree with mine.
Maybe you don't.
Won't know if you don't talk back to me.
You choose.
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I would whole heartedly agree with yours. My pastor needs to know that I don't expect 'super-Bible man' from him. I think that is probably a relief, no man can carry that burden. So, i would say first that he can expect that i will not put unrealistic expectations on him. And then i would say them same as you, I will be in the Word, I will not be spoon-fed, I will serve, I will disagree, and I will pray for him and his family.
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