How Are Your Friendships?
“We need less networking and more friendship. Without a doubt, I would not still be standing in ministry without the deep friendships I’ve formed with other leaders in the church.” - Jason Eliason, Pastor in Vancouver, B.C.
For this month, we want to highlight resources around friendships. We know that leading a church can be lonely, and that cultivating safe, reciprocal friendships as a pastor isn’t always easy. Adding to that the layer of physical distancing and isolation in this past year, loneliness in Canada has skyrocketed - and church leaders are acutely aware of this fact.
We believe that leadership does not need to be lonely and that the Church in Canada will thrive as we grow in connection and friendship with one another.
Curated Content For You
Yes, Pastors Should Have Friends in the Church
An article from The Gospel Coalition
So, do pastors really need ministry? Absolutely.
Isolation and loneliness are common struggles for even the most extroverted pastors, and they remind us that those called to shepherd God’s flock need ministry too.
Summer Reading on Friendship
Here are a few books around the theme of "friendship" that our team recommends:
Wise people are good at choosing, forging, and keeping friendships. The marks of a true friend are constancy, carefulness, candor, and counsel. When you are liberated to be the great friend you need to be by the great friendship of Jesus on the cross, then you will find yourself getting, paradoxically, all the friends your heart needs.