Ep. 278: Evaluating Ministry Effectiveness

What biblical warrant is there for a pastor evaluating his ministry? What elements should he look at? Does people leaving the church mean the pastor wasn’t effective? Is there something to growing more effective in your later years of ministry?

Brian and Jim address these topics and more on this episode of Trench Talk.

(02:23) Biblical background and setting up the topic

(08:42) Evaluating your preaching ministry

(12:35) Ministry of the Word, private and public

(19:30) Effectiveness as you grow older in ministry

(22:44) Knowing our gifting in ministry to be effective

(25:37) How should people leaving our church cause us to evaluate our effectiveness

(31:37) Final word and prayer