If the main reason you become a pastor is to promote some cause, then your soul is in danger, and so is the congregation's.
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Richard Floyd
Pastor emeritus, First Church of Christ, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Richard L. Floyd is Pastor Emeritus of First Church of Christ in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where he served for 22 years. He blogs at “Retired Pastor Ruminates.”
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