It's an all too human phenomenon. The issue may be stubbornness, but it's relational stubbornness. The challenge for the pastoral leader of a rural church is to find ways to lead which respect and honor this relational reality. Entry into a new community calls for the building of new relationships. One can easily spend the first two years of a new situation laying the foundations of personal relationships which will enable future effective leadership.
Administration means managing human relations more than running meetings or forming committees.
More to come. He also is director of Field Education, and director of the Saint Paul Course of Study School for Local Pastors.