Remember Your Family: They Bear the Cost as Well
Set Your Hand to the Plough: Practical Advice for Gospel Ministers #2 Remember your family Anyone entering the ministry has got to remember their family. It’s an obvious point when you say it, but almost everyone misses it. The ministry belongs to the minister. The family doesn’t go into the ministry—the wife doesn’t go into […]
At the Start: Embracing the Cost of Ministry
When people give advice to new ministers, it often sounds grandiose—filled with soaring theology and lofty rhetoric. Though we must never undermine its theological profundity, I want to be honest with you about the practical reality; to be a Minister of the Gospel is serious hard graft. If you’re thinking about stepping into it, understand what you’re signing up for, because it will put demands on every corner of your life.
