Episode 103: On Pastoring a Small Church (with PJ Tibayan & Jonathan Worsley)

Pastors Talk - A podcast by 9Marks

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Pastoring small churches comes with unique challenges. In this Pastors’ Talk episode, Jonathan Leeman, Mark Dever, PJ Tibayan, and Jonathan Worsley discuss the blessings and burdens of shepherding a small flock.

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0:00.0	I'm Jonathan Lehman
0:08.4	And I'm Mark Devere.
0:09.3	And welcome to this episode of Nine Marks Pastors Talk.
0:11.8	Nine Marks exists to equip church leaders with a biblical vision and practical resources for building healthy churches.
0:17.1	Learn more at nine marks.org.
0:20.5	According to the most recent research, you always have the coolest ways to start out.
0:24.9	You like that?
0:26.8	The Median Church, at least in the U.S., has 75 people in attendance on a Sunday morning.
0:33.2	So, yes, megachurches abound, yes, most of the pastors and preachers that we know about and we've heard about are of pastors of much larger churches.
0:41.8	But statistically speaking, most churches are, quote unquote, small.
0:46.4	And therefore, most pastors, pastor small churches.
0:49.5	So Mark and I thought it would be useful to talk to a couple of brothers who are presently pastoring, quote unquote, small churches.
0:55.9	You're pastoring a small church?
0:57.5	I am.
0:58.4	That's true.
0:59.6	You're not, but you have.
1:03.0	And we thought that might be useful to think about what are some of the similarities,
1:06.9	what are some of the differences and so forth.
1:08.9	But I'll get there in a second with us today.
1:10.9	You got PJ and Jonathan here.
1:12.2	Yes.
1:12.9	That's so cool.
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