Pastoral Ministry Quotes:

The Imperfect Pastor by Zack Eswine might be the most helpful and profound book I've read in years. If you're in pastoral ministry grab a copy.

- Matt Chandler

topic: Book, Years, Profound, Pastoral Ministry

The year of 2004 will be known as the year of fullness. By the close of 2004, all callings will come to fullness. Apostles ministry, prophets ministry, evangelist ministry, pastoral ministries and teaching ministries that will obey me will come into full manifestation. The gifts of the spirit will be manifested in fulness as they were when Jesus was on the earth. ... Families will come into their called places and know the fullness of joy on earth as it is in heaven.

- Kenneth Copeland

topic: Gifts Of The Spirit, Evangelists, Pastoral Ministry

Preparation for marriage is very important. It's very, very important because I believe it is something that in the Church, in common pastoral ministry, at least in my country, in South America, the Church it has not valued much.

- Pope Francis

source: Pope Francis' In-Flight Press Conference from Mexico to Rome, www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

topic: Country, Believe, America, South America, Pastoral Ministry

Natural history is not taught in seminary. This is curious, as most people in pastoral ministry are about 567 times more likely to be asked about cosmology or sub-nuclear physics or human biology or evolution than they are to be asked about irregular Greek verbs or the danger of the patripassionist heresy. If we monotheists are going to go around claiming that our "God made the heaven and the earth," it is not unreasonable to expect us to know something about what that heaven and earth actually are.

- Sara Maitland

topic: People, Heaven, Greek, Pastoral Ministry, Seminary

Imagine, to become a priest there are eight years of study and preparation, and then if after a while you can't do it, you can ask for a dispensation, you leave, and everything is OK.

- Pope Francis

source: In-flight interview from Mexico to Rome, www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

topic: Eight, Years, Preparation, South America, Pastoral Ministry