Category: loneliness

Why do pastors resist making friends in the congregation?

By Chris Green on 01/06/2016

Yes, having friends will involve risk. But what kind of cold, non-relational beings would we be if we never took that risk?

Posted in: friendship, leadership, loneliness

loneliness team

A team of one?

By Chris Green on 25/05/201625/05/2016

Why do pastors, who know and teach the importance of relationships in church, have such problems living it out? Why is it such a common issue to wonder whether pastors are allowed ‘friends’ in church? Are the demands and duties of being a pastor so great, that we are exempt from the normal patterns of friendship?

Posted in: friendship, pastors, team leadership

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