Pastoral Leadership Summit Seminar
Pastoral Leadership Summit Seminar
Kim Griggs | 2025
Abstract
21st Century pastors are declining in maintaining their positions or postures, health, and work-life balance. Christian leadership carries far more weight than secular leadership in businesses, because of a standard Jesus implemented: Love. Pastors must share the leadership by offering training and development to leaders, so that the body of Christ, maintains a healthy organism to fulfill the mission of God. One pastor cannot shoulder the responsibility of running an entire church. The church has many members; yet all members report to one Head: Jesus Christ, who commanded His followers to love one another and make disciples of mankind.
Therefore, Pathways of Righteousness, LLC produced a Pastoral Leadership Summit seminar on January 25, 2025, to offer help to pastors in the struggling areas of burnout/quitting, health declination, and work-life balance. The day began with beautiful praise and worship to the Lord. There were five segments: Pastors and Shepherds, Ministering to the Lord, A Holy Priesthood, Leadership Styles and Competencies, and A Theoretical Model of ACTS.
The acronym ACTS stands for apostolic, coaching, training, and serving. Apostolic refers to the global mission to make disciples or recruit people to follow Jesus. Coaching is a leadership developmental tool for training leaders in ministering. Training is necessary to build unity in leadership and beyond, embrace the core values and vision, teach cultural ethics and virtue, and practice the mission. Serving keeps members grounded. With the ACTS model executed pastors would discover a peaceful meadow of contentment in their roles of serving the church.
Keywords: leadership, pastors, burnout, poor health, work-life balance