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10 Ways to be a Great Lead Pastor for an Assistant Pastor
What I’ve learned from my mistakes.
In a recent post, I proposed 4 ways to be a great Assistant Pastor.
It is only appropriate to follow that up with a post about being a great lead pastor for an AP.
By the way, these ten ways to be a great lead pastor for an AP are derived not from the success I’ve had in these areas as much as from what I wish I’d been for the APs I’ve had.
As they say, if repitition is the mother of learning, failure is the father.
Here goes.
A great lead pastor will view his assistant pastor as a gift.
If the lead pastor should value anyone (other than his wife), it is the man willing to serve in an assistant capacity. After all, it is largely the AP who, along with a gifted and committed administrative assistant, allows the Lead to focus on the primary task of sermon prep and delivery. Simply stated, having an assistant pastor is not an entitlement. It is a gift.
