The Sunday Morning Priority

 One thing about pastor Mitchell that stands out in my mind is how hard he worked to do what he did and he still found a way to be in his own church on Sunday morning. He seemed to feel that this was important. He took the time and he spent the money to make this happen almost every Sunday morning.

My thought on this is that if the senior pastor misses Sunday morning he is missing the thing that makes him the senior pastor. He misses the opportunity to minister to those who are the fruit of his ministry. He misses the connection with his home church people. He misses an opportunity to set things straight from the sometimes crazy ideas of his assistants.

If a senior pastor cannot be in his church, on the platform, and behind the pulpit, on Sunday morning, maybe he is too busy.

One more thought. Senior pastors who insist that every decision be made through them are limiting the growth of their own churches. If everything comes to a standstill until you get home, this produces hard feelings in some, and a lack of innovation in others. A church needs it's pastor to be present, and available, and approachable; not just a face on a website telling us who you are. Even in our church, Sunday morning is the most important service of the week. I think that it is important for our senior pastor to be there. Amen!