KNOWING YOUR MEMBERS AS A PASTOR: PART 1.

As a pastor, you must know the different type of church members God has given you and how to relate with them, in other to make pastoral work more easier.

Let take a look at different type of church members.

1. Those that attend all church activities.
2. Those that comes to church only on Sundays.
3. Those that attend other church on Sunday before coming to your church service.
4. Those in church just to get help from people.
5. Those in Church that don't contribute to anything in the church.
6. Those that don't associate with their pastor outside the church.
7. Those that feel that they are older than their pastor.
8. Those that always make noise in the church during service.
9. Those that have decided not to give the pastor anything.
10. Those that feel that they are the founding members.
11. Those that always walk around in the church.
12. Those that encourage others to disobey the pastor.
13. Those that always have information to give to the pastor after service.
14. Those that feel nobody is up to their level in the church.
15. Those that stop coming to church when they have misunderstanding with a fellow church members.
16. Those that always comes to church late.
17. Those that feel that the pastor must consult them for anything in the church.
18. Those that don't greet the pastor.
19. Those that have never enter into the pastor office.
20 Those that use the pastor name to do things without the knowledge of the pastor.
21.Those that encourage others to disobey the pastor but they will obey the pastor.
22. Those that always report people to the pastor.
23. Those that only comes to church for midweek service just to give pastor prayer request.
24. Those that don't pay tithes.
25. Those that feel that pastor must check they if they did not come to church.

In all let the church of God grow.

To Be Continued:
Copied From The Book "Challenges Of Pulpit Ministry" By Pst Lucky Douglas Atafo.