Protestant Pastor Priorities: The Barna Group recently surveyed Protestant Senior Pastors ministry priorities for the coming year. Overall, 12 different ministry emphases were listed by at least 3% of the pastors. The top priorities were discipleship and spiritual development (47%); evangelism and outreach (46%); and preaching (35%). Next were congregational care efforts, such as visitation and counseling (24%); worship (19%); ministry to teens and young adults (17%); missions (15%); community service (15%); ministry to children (13%); and congregational fellowship (11%). The third ranking tier of priorities included ministry to families (4%) and prayer (3%). (Barna Online 2/14/05)
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