{"id":33581,"date":"2022-09-10T20:54:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T01:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-makes-an-ideal-pastor\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T20:54:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T01:54:31","slug":"what-makes-an-ideal-pastor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-makes-an-ideal-pastor\/","title":{"rendered":"What Makes an Ideal Pastor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A survey identified the characteristics people consider would make the ideal pastor:<br \/> &bull; Preaches deep expository sermons that are filled with funny stories and last exactly 10 minutes.<br \/> &bull; Frequently condemns sin but never upsets anyone.<br \/> &bull; Works at the church from 7 a.m. until midnight and spends plenty of time with the family.<br \/> &bull; Makes $100 a week, wears good clothes, buys good books, drives a good car, and gives about $150 a week to the poor.<br \/> &bull; Is 25 years of age and has been preaching for 30 years.<br \/> &bull; Has a burning desire to work with teenager, and is always with the senior citizens.<br \/> &bull; Makes 15 daily calls to church families, visits shut-ins and the hospitalized, evangelizes the unchurched, and is always in the office when needed.<\/p>\n<p>Aren&rsquo;t you glad God has a different definition of the ideal pastor: &ldquo;good and faithful servant.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Blessings!<br \/> Michael Duduit<br \/> MDuduit@SalemPublishing.com<br \/> www.MichaelDuduit.com<br \/> Follow on Twitter @MichaelDuduit<\/p>\n<div style='clear:both'><\/div>\n<div class='the_champ_sharing_container the_champ_horizontal_sharing' data-super-socializer-href=\"https:\/\/www.preaching.com\/articles\/what-makes-an-ideal-pastor\/\">\n<div class='the_champ_sharing_title' style=\"font-weight:bold\">Share This On:<\/div>\n<div class=\"the_champ_sharing_ul\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style='clear:both'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A survey identified the characteristics people consider would make the ideal pastor: &bull; Preaches deep expository sermons that are filled with funny stories and last exactly 10 minutes. &bull; Frequently condemns sin but never upsets anyone. &bull; Works at the church from 7 a.m. until midnight and spends plenty of time with the family. &bull; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-makes-an-ideal-pastor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What Makes an Ideal Pastor?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}