The Rules Have Changed, Pastor… (Be sure you know the rules!) • ToddRhoades.com | ToddRhoades.com.
While this article really doesn’t say anything new about the state of the North American Church, it does say it well. We are struggling to come to grips that things have changed and what many of were trained to do no longer makes for effective ministry for growing congregations or disciples. Its not that a chaplaincy model is/was wrong. It worked for a time in the congregational setting. But a pastor confined to a chaplaincy role in a congregation today is doing hospice care if he/she remains as the focus of all relationships and permission giving in a congregation. Check it out.