The leader of the free world took time to go to a funeral of someone he had never met. It communicated something. Something about the fact that leadership cares. There is a fine line here. The leader of the free world spends a good deal of time shaking hands with people and so forth.
Leadership is always, always, always personal.
Still, we must maintain time to keep the main thing the main thing. Wise is the pastor who can minister effectively in the world in which he lives rather than imagining that he might be successful in some other world. Strengths Weaknesses Large group Small group One on one 4. I think pastors ought to be a part of a Sunday School class, unless they, in all honesty, would mess it up. I think it is also good that pastors teach teachers how to double their classes every two years or less.