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Posted: 04 Apr 2008 08:55 pm Post subject: Are Associate or Youth Pastors second class in their calling -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is not God great? There are instances when we can get upset with these around us and only turn to A single who is Correct and loving. I have had the pleasure of serving as a Youth Pastor and as a Senior Pastor. Learn further about company web site by navigating to our influential site. I have noticed slights and social Faux Pas on the element of others. What I have gleaned is there is a sense from some Senior Pastors that their calling is somehow better than those of a Youth or Associate Pastor. We first must realize that God, who is very good, is The A single who calls us into a new life in His Son The Lord Jesus Christ. Our church in East Longmeadow Massachusetts ( ) has a maxim that we unofficially place into each effort. "All to maturity, some for service." We are all known as to be mature believers in Christ. Some, by Gods' (yes I meant to place a comma on the correct side of the "s" showing plural possessive) grace are named to be ministers. As a known as-out minister we are a present to the nearby church.1 God gave us to the regional churches that we serve in. The times that I have been asked, "How do you know you are called?" I have answered, "You will be miserable if you do not preach or minister. If you are called by God and you never pursue his calling you will be miserable till you submit to God and pursue His will for your work in His vineyard." Speaking of perform, a single day, whilst attending a Pastor's fellowship (I was a Youth Pastor at the time), a Senior Pastor from one more church asked my Senior Pastor for support with setting up for lunch. The other Pastor yelled across the area, "Hey Bro. ____. Why do not you grab your man and support me with these chairs." My Pastor did not consider something about what the man had said. I wanted to shout, Hey Pastor ____. I'm God's man, not this man or any man on earth. I work for One. This man occurs to sign my paycheck and I'm accountable to him.. This lofty home page essay has assorted lofty lessons for when to engage in it. possibly I was just becoming a bit as well sensitive at the time. Till I went to a Pastors fellowship in a different state, exactly where no one knew me. As I was a bit early and alone, I approached a group of guys who have been cutting up and laughing. As I approached them, I introduced myself as Pastor Stevens from Springfield, MA. They all went about and introduced themselves as Senior Pastors and welcomed me. When they asked me which church I Pastored, I answered that perhaps they misunderstood me, I clarified that I was a Associate Pastor. There was an audible quieting of their jesting with me. They each in turn stopped and avoided talking with me, even though I interjected on a handful of points that they created. I was getting treated as a second class citizen. Ultimately they all avoided eye speak to with me for the rest of my check out. How about you? As a Senior Pastor have you ever looked down your nose at an individual who was something other than a Senior Pastor? Or as an Associate, you have been treated as a second class citizen? Or are you that Senior Pastor that remembers what it was like to be treated that way when you had been an Associate. Sincerely Pastor John Stevens.
