A Church member said to me: "The expectations on a pastor are too high!"
I said that, thankfully, this seems to be less the case in Southern
Africa than in the United States. Here, there is more of a tendency to
see pastors as human, and therefore as conduits of God's grace -- and
there, more of a tendency to see them as models, and therefore as
objects of law. OBSERVATION: US statistics show that nearly all
pastors consider the expectations on them to be too high. I have experienced that from time to time, but also great
understanding and generosity. A grace-law continuum has been
suggested as a means to understanding the ministerial call.
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