Cheryl Schatz

Kay,
You said:

I am curious as to how you arrived at believing “leadership” is the defining factor that makes a person better suited for pastoral ministry? Considering that Jesus told Peter to “Feed My sheep,” not “lead My sheep.”
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Excellent thoughts!! I would say that “feeding” is the very definition of “leading”. It removes any thought that “leading” is “ruling”. You are so right that Jesus said to “feed my sheep” and Jesus never said to the disciples “rule my sheep”. When we take the worldly way of leading which is “ruling” and make it “the” way of Jesus, we have distorted the teaching that the one who wants to be the greatest is to be the servant of all. The servant “feeds”. The servant does not “rule over” God’s sheep.