The Pastor as Leader with John Currie
Life and Books and Everything
Clearly Reformed
4.6 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
With everything the pastor must do—preach, pray, visit, raise money, organize meetings, write emails, study, write, marry, bury, and baptize—does he also need to be a leader? John Currie, in his new book The Pastor as Leader (Crossway), says yes. But don't fear, this is not about one more impossible task or another time burden for the pastor. Leadership is about living and preaching as a man of God for the people of God. In this practical episode Kevin talks with John Currie, professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, about what effective leadership in the church looks like (and doesn't look like). There is plenty of rich food for thought—both for the seasoned (and weary) pastor and for the young man just starting out in ministry.
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings and salutations. |
| 0:09.4 | Welcome to Life and Books and Everything. |
| 0:12.2 | Kevin DeYoung, senior pastor at Christ, |
| 0:14.6 | Christ Kevin a Church in Matthews, North Carolina. |
| 0:16.8 | Today I am joined by my special guest and friend John Curry. We are going to talk about |
| 0:23.9 | his new book, published by Crossway. Just came out a couple weeks ago. The Pastor as Leader, |
| 0:30.0 | principles and practices for connecting, preaching, and leadership. John, thanks for coming on |
| 0:37.1 | the podcast. Well, thanks for coming on the podcast. |
| 0:38.4 | Well, thanks for having me. |
| 0:39.6 | I'm really glad to be here. |
| 0:40.8 | It's a privilege. |
| 0:45.8 | So John has a demon from Westminster and is professor of pastoral theology at Westminster |
| 0:52.4 | Theological Seminary and has pastored in Grand Rapids, |
| 0:57.4 | has pastored in the Philadelphia area, and before that, pastored and an alliance church. |
| 1:02.8 | There's just a very brief sketch. |
| 1:04.6 | Give us a little bit more. |
| 1:06.1 | Tell us about yourself, where you're from, your family, and this route that brought you through Philly |
| 1:12.3 | and then back to Philly as a professor. All right. Well, you know, you may know this. I was born in |
| 1:20.5 | Scotland. He's actually born in Glasgow and moved to Canada when I was 13 years old. I actually |
| 1:27.3 | wasn't raised in a home that confessed |
| 1:29.3 | Christ. So I came to faith in Christ. Well, I moved to Canada just before I was 12. But I came |
| 1:34.4 | to faith in Christ and I was 13. I was called to the ministry when I was 16. And the church |
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