Over at the Boundless blog Dave Kraft marshals his four decades of ministry experience to provide six ways church members can care for their pastors.
1. Pray for your pastor.
Undoubtedly, the most important thing you can do to help your pastor be fruitful and effective in his role is to pray for him. You can use passages such as Ephesians 1:15-23, Ephesians 3:14-20 and Colossians 1:9-12 to pray for your pastor(s) and other leaders.
- Pray for him daily.
- Pray the Lord will give him wisdom in his various responsibilities in the church he serves.
- Pray for his role as both husband and father (if he is married and has children).
- Pray the Lord will protect him in the area of sexual purity.
- Pray he will experience courage and anointing in his preaching/teaching.
- Pray he would be able to strike a good balance between his ministry, family and personal life.