Being a Safe Pastor in a Safe Church
How do you pursue being a safe pastor? How do you cultivate a culture of safety and trust when it comes to discussions you have with church members? What role does empathy play in this? How do you pursue your people for their own safety? How does this culture trickle down to the congregation?
Brian Croft and Jim Savastio answer these, and many more on this episode of Trench Talk.
Show Notes:
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(5:15) They should feel confident in your competence to handle their trouble in a biblical way
(5:50) This is cultivated by a healthy relationship and established trust between members and their pastor
(7:45) Don’t wait for them to come to you, go to them
(9:10) Lloyd-Jones “could assess better through question and answer than by a stethoscope”
(10:30) Not sharing details from pastoral conversations from the pulpit, but sharing personal vulnerability
(12:15) Be inviting but not pushy
(17:00) How to create this culture so that it trickles down to the congregation