Thank you Dewey and Sharon! We love you both!
Pastor Dewey Moede: When you preach the Word of God in love it speaks to the politics of America. God gave us all we need, it is in His Word. You do not have to speak hate and tear down other people. God’s Word speaks to everything we concern ourselves with. Politics just dirties the pool.
Many of you know our hearts for Jesus and all people. Sharon and I study research here at FGGAM to take the temperature of the American people as we carry out The Great Commission. There is more to a ministry than one may think. This is what we are all dealing with as Christians right now: From Church Answers Research: In the 1980s, almost 7 out of 10 Americans believed clergy had high ethics. Today, about 30% do. Pray for your Pastor please. We are full of precious Pastors! Some dirty the pool like any profession, but the GOOD out number the bad. We hear about this as we travel, the way to build bridges of love and trust with people is show them the love and understanding of JESUS! Leave politics out of it, please. Politics has really damaged the some Pastors and Churches. WE KNOW! WE HEAR IT ALL THE TIME!
From Church Answers Research: In the 1980s, almost 7 out of 10 Americans believed clergy had high ethics. Today, about 30% do. More From Church Answers Here
I have been bless by so many wonderful Pastors all my life, from children’s Sunday School to this day……Thank You LORD! I had the ideal growing up, the best Mom and Dad and Church and School, that is one reason I fight so hard for children and families.
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Series: Pastoral Ministry Collection
Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, was one of the greatest elected officials in our nation’s history and one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. He was a tsunami of energy, one who never saw a mountain too tall to scale or a fight too threatening to join. He shook the nation, invented the modern presidency, and left a changed country in his wake. In other words, there is a reason why his face, along with Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln, is chiseled on Mount Rushmore.
Teddy Roosevelt, reflecting on the burden of leadership and the willingness to risk all and attempt great things, famously observed,
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”[1]
Every time I read Roosevelt’s quote, my mind darts to the pastorate, and the fine work that men of God do. The office of the pastorate is a high one, the work a noble one, and the men who faithfully undertake it are worthy of our admiration.
In our age of constant news, social media, and the world’s attentiveness to pastors who have stumbled, it is easy to forget all that pastors do for the Church. Sure, we have all heard of a pastor who has not acted admirably, but they are the exception, not the rule. Most of the pastors I know garner my trust and respect and deserve my prayers and support. That, and given my own years serving churches, makes me admire pastors. You should too. Here is why Here
Here is my side note to this………Harry Truman, another of my favorite Presidents said, “If you can’t stand the heat get out of the kitchen.”
