{"id":32339,"date":"2022-09-10T16:05:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T21:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/5-ways-to-mitigate-ministry-demands\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T16:05:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T21:05:45","slug":"5-ways-to-mitigate-ministry-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/5-ways-to-mitigate-ministry-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Mitigate Ministry Demands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Ben White on Unsplash<\/div>\n

By Chris Hefner<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d like you to be Superman.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was the answer a search committee member gave me to the question, \u201cWhat are your expectations of a pastor?\u201d He qualified the answer by saying that the previous pastor had done so much for the church and the community.<\/p>\n

The search committee member admitted he was being a little tongue-in-cheek. Nevertheless, his statement was telling, and I didn’t become their pastor. I\u2019ve thought about that conversation several times since then.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s probably true that some church members have unrealistic expectations for their pastor. But it\u2019s also true that we sometimes set unrealistic expectations for ourselves. We try to do too much or carry too great a load.<\/p>\n

Ministry is often non-eventful, but it can sometimes be overwhelming. A recent day in my ministry looked like this:<\/p>\n

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