Your church has a role to play in the spiritual growth of your pastor. Here are nine things.

This article considers the matter of whether a pastor should have his full sermon in front of him when he is preaching. The author provides several arguments in favour of having a detailed outline instead of a full manuscript.

This article argues that every pastor needs to be a theologian in his work. It explains how the Enlightenment reshaped the pastoral role away from the Christian academy, and then provides three reasons why it is valuable for the church to recover a vision of the pastor-theologian for the local church: it is biblical, historical, and necessary.

This article considers five aspects of pastoral ministry. It states that a pastor needs to watch himself, watch his teaching, preach Jesus Christ, do personal work, and minister to the community.

What are temptations for the pastor? One would be to find your identity in your ministry.

This article gives a few reasons why a pastor ought to use all his vacation time each year: it would be for him, his family, and his church.

This article offers wisdom for a pastor in the first year of his ministry: spend time getting to know the flock, do not try and change things, work hard at preaching and teaching, pray for God's help and be patient, and work on being healthy.

This article considers what is the pastor's best approach when entering a dysfunctional, dying congregation: be a pastor to the flock.

This article offers seven reasons for a pastor to pursue devotion to God.

How is a pastor to deal with attacks from fellow ministry leaders, or even members of the flock? This article provides a list of eight points to consider when false accusations, unfair criticism, and slander come at the pastor.

What should be the priorities of a pastor? This article answers by considering the role of shepherds. It discusses how the kings of Israel often failed to serve as shepherds, but how the Lord Jesus was the perfect shepherd of his sheep. The article issues a call to imitate the Chief Shepherd.

This article explains how the pastor's calling is theological. The author shows from the New Testament, particularly Paul's letters to Timothy, that the reading, teaching, preaching, and study of Scripture are all inherently theological.

This article laments the transformation of theology into an academic discipline more associated with the university than the church. The author speaks of the need for the pastor in the local church to function as a theologian.

After giving a brief look at the work of the pastor, this article shows that the congregation is called to pray for its minister and to encourage him.

Studies have shown that the average pastor quits a church within his first five years of ministry there. This article offers seven things that every pastor must remember when tempted to quit.

Do you enjoy being a pastor? There are thirty reasons that make pastoral work great, and this article unpacks them.

The pastorate can be a place for lazy people to hide. This article discusses how many hours a pastor should work. It makes a call to discover how to work hard, but also how to love our families.

This article offers some encouragement for a pastor to love his wife by first walking with God.

Every true pastor wants to care for God's church in a good way. This article discusses twelve marks of good pastoral ministry.

This article offers an thorough answer to the question, "Whom does the pastor shepherd?"

In this essay, the author offers some lexical observations on the use of words like "preacher," "preaching," and "proclamation" in the New Testament. This article makes a distinction between a pastor of a local church and a preacher with a missionary calling. The use of these terms in the apostolic fathers is also noted.

This article looks at the role of the pastor as a shepherd and leader of the church.

Using an example from the world of music, this author illustrates the kind of commitment and humility that is required in leaders. These qualities are required in pastors as leaders of the church, and fit with Ephesians 4:15-16.

Ministers today can learn a lot from the life of John Calvin. These two articles include seven lessons for today's pastor, that he may be encouraged in his ministry.

Ministers today can learn a lot from the life of John Calvin. These two articles include seven lessons for today's pastor, that he may be encouraged in his ministry.

Courage should be the fundamental attribute of the minister. Courage is essential for bold preaching and for addressing issues in the church. The author discusses why the pastor needs courage, and highlights that this courage comes as a gift from the Holy Spirit.

How does God make ministers? How does He prepare pastors for the ministry? This article seeks to answer these questions.

After seeing how difficult a calling the ministry can be, why would anyone want to be a minister? This article answers that God makes the pastor, and prepares the way for him from childbirth. The apostle Paul is an illustration of this. It is God's power that makes men useful to his ministry. A minister will therefore not be proud, since he is only an instrument of God's hand.

What is the work of the pastor? This article maintains that a fundamental aspect of the work of the minister is teaching doctrine (1 Timothy 4:13). The author describes what it means to teach doctrine and what this teaching should look like. In order to fulfill this task, the pastor must also value reading.

Humility is crucial for the making of the minister. These two articles define meekness and highlight the dangers of pride. Here the author discusses how meekness is obtained, and how it is a blessing to the pastor.

Humility is crucial for the making of the minister. These two articles define meekness and highlight the dangers of pride. Here the author stresses the importance of meekness in the life of the pastor.

Looking at 1 Timothy 4:16, this article shows how the pastor should set priorities in his life.

This article gives some aspects for individuals to consider when choosing a seminary to train to become a pastor.

This article is about the call to the ministry and the pastor's internal and external call (the call from God and the call from the church).

This article looks at the church government principles of John Calvin and the Genevan Church Order. The article also focuses on the position of the pastors and elders, and the importance of church discipline.

Church members are prone to forget that their pastor is one of them. Here is a reminder about how to minister to your pastor and what you can hope for as a result.

This article is a reflection on Richard Baxter's The Reformed Pastor.  This work discusses the nature of the pastor's task in the congregation.