Week Ten – Mistakes Ministers Make – David

Mistakes Ministers Make
Brookhaven Wesleyan Church
I interviewed Pastor John Walton the assistant pastor
March 16, 2009

What are three mistakes a new staffer should avoid making in their first job on church staff?

1. Having a “know-it-all” attitude. Do not come in thinking that you know everything and that you do not need to learn what is new in this church.
2. Not able to manage time. Make sure you do not only heed the flock of the church, and neglect your family.
3. Having an “I-can-do-it” attitude. Do not come in thinking that you can do everything on your own.

Here are some extra blurbs from Pastor John.
•When they do not have a learner’s attitude
•When they get ties up in doing everything
•When they lack sensitivity to people’s feelings
•When they have an attitude of “I am the pastor, I don’t have to do that.”
•When they come in and try to change things too quickly.
-(i.e. let’s no longer use bulletins; let’s only preach from the NKJ version.)
•When they woo Pastors/people to themselves.
•When they come in with no balance in their devotional life, putting work higher than God.