David Wells on Evangelical Pastors
Posted by Jim Hamilton on July 7, 2006
As he describes one of the chapters of No Place for Truth, David Wells writes,
. . .the pastorate has become proffessionalized, . . . the central function of the pastor has changed from that of truth broker to manager of the small enterprises we call churches. To the extent that this tendency has taken root, I have concluded that it is producing a new generation of pastoral disablers (13).
Ray Van Neste said
Great quote. Wells says al otof good stuff along this line in his essay “The DMin-ization of Ministry” which has been printed in various places. It may actually have been worked into the chapter you reference.
David Wells said
Nice to see you referencing a great name.