Pastoral Ministry · Foundational
The Pastor's Own Walk
A pastor must take heed to himself before he can care for the flock, guarding his soul and his home, staying accountable, keeping clean in purity and money, resting as a steward, and resting most of all in Christ.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
What you'll learn
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Why Scripture tells a pastor to take heed to himself before the flock
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The enemies that most often ruin a man of God
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How a pastor keeps his household first and stays truly accountable
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Practical guardrails for purity and money, and why rest is part of faithfulness
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What should happen when a pastor falls, and why we hold that serious, disqualifying moral failure permanently removes him from the office
Lessons in this topic
01How Does a Pastor Guard His Own Soul?Plus7 min02How Do I Know God Is Calling Me?PlusRelated lesson6 min03What Qualifies a Man to Pastor?PlusRelated lesson7 min04What Does a Pastor Do?PlusRelated lesson7 min
Key passages
Acts 20:281 Timothy 4:16Proverbs 4:23John 15:4–51 Timothy 3:4–5Ephesians 5:25Ecclesiastes 4:9–10James 5:161 Timothy 5:19–201 Corinthians 10:12–13Proverbs 22:3Job 31:12 Timothy 2:222 Corinthians 8:20–21Romans 13:8Mark 6:311 Kings 19:5–7Exodus 18:17–18Proverbs 28:13Galatians 6:1–22 Corinthians 2:6–81 Timothy 3:21 Timothy 3:7John 21:15–171 John 1:9Hebrews 13:20–21Isaiah 53:6