Monday Morning Preacher: Things I Wish I Had Known as a Young Pastor

By Roger Loomis

Both pastors and local churches in today's America are facing

unprecedented challenges. Church attendance continues to decline,

with the average evangelical church now at 80. The reasons are multi-

faceted--COVID-19, a growing anti-Christian sentiment, and of

course, Satan, who is the Church's most formidable enemy.

However, many leave local churches due to in-house issues that often

go unidentified and overlooked. Monday Morning Preacher discusses

forty potential reasons, most of them not talked about in Bible schools

or seminaries. Pastors are often left to navigate troubled waters alone

and unsure. Churches in general need a heads-up regarding the many

potentially problematic issues that surface, and that precipitate back

door exits. Like Monday morning quarterbacks, who review their post-

game strategies, pastors need to revisit their Sunday morning service on

Monday to celebrate their wins, and to identify potential in-house issues

that need wise and righteous attention.

To identify and righteously confront these issues will mean healthier

churches, where perpetuity is assured. Every pastor--inexperienced or

seasoned--can benefit from Monday Morning Preacher and hopefully

avoid some of the pitfalls that confront all pastors at some time during

their ministry. The chapters are brief and insightful, all followed by questions

that provide additional food for thought. Pertinent observations and solutions are

based on churches of less than two hundred. However, all pastors,

other church leaders, and congregants can benefit from these insights that

follow forty-three years of pastoral ministry. The evangelical world needs

to read Monday Morning Preacher!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Apr 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9781639034369

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