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Got this email today from a pastor who was happy for me to repost it anonymously. \u00a0This was in reply to my post of yesterday<\/a>. \u00a0So, are you one of these discouraged pastors? Or are you already encouraged? \u00a0What drives you. \u00a0For some church members the reply of this man may surprise you, but it doesn\u2019t surprise me:<\/p>\n

Thanks for that blog post, apologies for the antiquated email reply but I\u2019m still resisting twitter & facebook for now, plus I wouldn\u2019t want my reply displayed publically since I identify with a fair few of those stats.<\/p>\n

I wonder if it\u2019s worth capturing some feedback about what it is that really encourages a Pastor. For me, what really fires me up is people under my care getting serious about God and growing, responding in a \u2018good soil\u2019 type of way to what\u2019s being preached etc. When people are doing that, it spills over into everything \u2013 evangelism, serving in the church (and taking some of the none core stuff we carry off us), participation in Sundays, how they respond to the Pastor\u2019s lead, and more. It\u2019s not that you don\u2019t want people to show appreciation sometimes, and the whole \u2018Pastor care\u2019 thing does need addressing, but someone really walking the walk tops a \u2018that was good\u2019 comment every time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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