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Church Health linked to Pastor's Spiritual Health

"Not only do pastors need to be faithful, Blackaby says more need to devote more time to spiritual matters. Noting that 'you can’t give people what you don’t have,' he said the best way pastors can lead people into a growing, dynamic walk with God is to have their own.

'Too many pastors get into the pulpit expecting people to do things they haven’t done themselves,' he said. 'The best thing you could ever do for your people is to go to the next level yourself.' "

the rest of the article Happy Shiny Pastors is another article regarding stats of pastors being fulfulled/ruined in their profession/calling

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