Six Reasons Pastors Must Be More Courageous Today

About this episode

Thom and Sam discuss the need for pastors to be more courageous in today's challenging church environment.

Though there have certainly been more difficult times in the course of church history for pastors, leading a church today is much tougher than it was 20 and 30 years ago. There have been some demographic and cultural shifts that reflect this reality. But some of the challenges can only be understood in the context of spiritual warfare. On this episode, Thom and Sam discuss six reasons why pastors must be more courageous today. The post Six Reasons Pastors Must Be More Courageous Today appeared first on Church Answers .

People in this episode

Host: Thom Rainer

Guest: Sam

Topics covered

• pastoral leadership
• courage
• spiritual warfare
• church challenges
• demographic shifts

Keywords

• pastors
• courage
• leadership
• church history
• spiritual warfare
• demographics
• cultural shifts

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Organizations: Church Answers

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