{"id":1184,"date":"2008-11-04T00:05:25","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T04:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2008-11-01T16:39:07","modified_gmt":"2008-11-01T20:39:07","slug":"50-skills-every-pastoral-leader-needs-to-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/1184","title":{"rendered":"50 skills every pastoral leader needs to have"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently read an online article along the lines of \u201c10 Skills Every Man Should Have.\u201d I was pleased that I had them all (although it\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve had the need to weld anything). I wondered what a list of \u201c50 Skills Every Pastoral Leader Needs to Have\u201d would look like. Here\u2019s my list:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1.\tWrite a sermon<br \/>\n2.\tPreach well<br \/>\n3.\tLead a meeting<br \/>\n4.\tMake a hospital visit<br \/>\n5.\tMake a home visit<br \/>\n6.\tRead a budget<br \/>\n7.\tLead a committee meeting<br \/>\n8.\tLead a business meeting<br \/>\n9.\tPerform a baptism<br \/>\n10.\tPerform a wedding<br \/>\n11.\tLead a confirmation\/discipleship class<br \/>\n12.\tHow to write an effective lesson<br \/>\n13.\tExegete a passage<br \/>\n14.\tKeep up with current events<br \/>\n15.\tHow to craft a worship service<br \/>\n16.\tRemember people\u2019s names<br \/>\n17.\tLead a retreat<br \/>\n18.\tWrite a newsletter column<br \/>\n19.\tWrite a condolence letter<br \/>\n20.\tWrite a stewardship letter<br \/>\n21.\tPreach a stewardship sermon<br \/>\n22.\tLead a staff meeting<br \/>\n23.\tDeliver a eulogy<br \/>\n24.\tConduct a graveside service<br \/>\n25.\tTell a scary campfire story<br \/>\n26.\tTurn off the building fire alarm<br \/>\n27.\tHow to talk to teenagers<br \/>\n28.\tUnclog a toilet<br \/>\n29.\tTrain ushers<br \/>\n30.\tEntertain the bishop, DS, or deacon chair<br \/>\n31.\tSet time aside for personal growth<br \/>\n32.\tManage personal time<br \/>\n33.\tHire (and keep) a good church administrative assistant<br \/>\n34.\tFire troubling staff<br \/>\n35.\tGive away responsibility<br \/>\n36.\tDelegate<br \/>\n37.\tDetriangle<br \/>\n38.\tTell a joke<br \/>\n39.\tHandle panhandlers<br \/>\n40.\tTeach a class<br \/>\n41.\tSay \u201cNo.\u201d ten different ways, politely<br \/>\n42.\tRead a contract<br \/>\n43.\tLead a children\u2019s sermon<br \/>\n44.\tNegotiate a bank loan<br \/>\n45.\tDeal with a contractor<br \/>\n46.\tLead hymn singing<br \/>\n47.\tSelect a hymn for a worship service<br \/>\n48.\tRead a balance sheet<br \/>\n49.\tPray.<\/p>\n<p>O.k., that\u2019s only 49. What would you add to the list to complete it? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.galindoconsultants.com\"><img src='http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/galindobanner5.jpg' alt='galindoconsultants.com' \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently read an online article along the lines of \u201c10 Skills Every Man Should Have.\u201d I was pleased that I had them all (although it\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve had the need to weld anything). I wondered what &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/1184\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congregational-life","category-leadership"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1187,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions\/1187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}