Test #2 Flashcards
It’s time to ___ your ___ when you can no longer be your ___’s ____!
leave, church position, pastor’s cheerleader
It may seem that the pastor gets all the ___, but he/she also catches all the ___.
a) attention, blame
b) money, dirt
c) respect, flak
c. respect, flak
Like a ___, a church staff relationship must be based on ____.
Marriage, trust
Name 5 of the 7 easy steps to betray a pastor
- discuss disagreements between you and your pastor with members of the congregation
- Challenge his/her leadership publicly
- Spread abroad news about who came for pastoral counseling, what was said in a staff meeting, and other areas of confidentiality
- Don’t follow through on assignments or projects you’re asked to do
- Take your youth choir to Las Vegas
It’s vital for pastors and associates to pray together and not just over plans and programs but ovre personal and family needs as well
true
WHat are 3 reasons it’s good to pray together?
- helps you see the pastor and associates as more than department heads
- helps us decompartmentalize our views of each other and see ourselves as a team.
- Short circuits jealousies and resentments.
No matter how good our relationship is with someone, it is hard to accept A) Insults B) gifts C) criticism D) Affirmation
C criticism
There are pastors who never feel threatened by successful associates
False
What are 3 things we can do to difuze threatening a Pastor with our success?
1/ Often express your support and compliment them
2/ Subtly let them know if I do well, it makes them look good
3/ assure them you’re on the team and for them.
What is easier said than done?
Glean from criticism, constructive or otherwise, what there is to glean and try to let the rest go.
What are the 3 options available to us when relationship problems arise?
- Confront them (the biblical thing)
- Stay put
- Leave
In choosing an option to resolve relationship problems, how must we choose?
Carefully and prayerfully
Collossians 3:23
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Even over ___, ____ can actually have a very thin veneer that is often brittle and easily shattered,
confident, overachievers
One of the biggest shocks in ministry has been the discovery that people are A) Sinners B) not supportive C) Supportive D) fragile
D) Very fragile
