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Pastoral Visitation

Over at Jordon Cooper’s there is a discussion on the role and future of pastoral visitation. A commenter contributed this in the comments and it struck me as right on the money:

When a pastor’s relationship with the people gets to the point that, when he sees them personally, it’s considered a “visit”, i.e. “out of the ordinary/unusual” then maybe that reveals a weakness in the relationships. Maybe the relationships should be at a place where, when a pastor is with his people, it’s not “official ministry time”, it’s just…life.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 30th, 2003 at 9:50 am by phil and is filed under challenges for the church. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

5 Responses to “Pastoral Visitation”

  1. 1
    Sarge Says:
    July 30th, 2003 at 11:28 pm

    wow! hit me hard too..

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    Rick Says:
    April 22nd, 2004 at 3:23 am

    I am with you 100%, it has been my experience as a pastor that if you are visiting as a lifestyle then the relationship is just part of life.

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    Marytvan Says:
    May 7th, 2004 at 1:38 pm

    I would like to know Scipture basic of visitation. Thanh you so much

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    phil Says:
    May 7th, 2004 at 3:01 pm

    Martyvan, I would say it is love.

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    linton Says:
    May 19th, 2004 at 7:25 am

    like it. i am also interested in ot and nt texts on poastoral vivitation