John C. Maxwell Quotes About Pastors

Quotes about: Pastors

• A dream becomes a reality as a result of your actions, and your actions are controlled, to a large extent, by your habits.

  John C. Maxwell

  Dream, Reality, Action

  John C. Maxwell (2011). “Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions to Help You See It and Seize It”, p.61, Thomas Nelson

• The goal of the pastor is not to get people to show up but to get people to grow up.

  John C. Maxwell

  Christian, Growing Up, Past

• Dreams don't work unless you do

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivational, Dream, Encouragement

  FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Jun 01, 2016

• There is something to be said about a pastor and a church that develop a missions statement and the people take ownership of it. They get their identity, purpose, and energy from the unique place their church is to be in that community.

  John C. Maxwell

  Unique, People, Community

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

• Most pastors have a hard time grasping a vision. But vision is the indispensable quality of a leader.

  John C. Maxwell

  Hard Times, Leader, Vision

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

• Many times when people have a vision, they think in terms of a big vision - I want to take my city for Christ. But the problem with many pastors and this type of vision is this: they haven't developed the strategy to fulfill that vision. A pastor preaches a dream or vision to his/her people, they get excited for a week, a month, or a couple of months, but there is no strategy, planning, or process to fulfill that vision.

  John C. Maxwell

  Dream, Couple, Thinking

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

• Many pastors fail to see God's vision fulfilled because they never have a strategy for fulfilling that vision.

  John C. Maxwell

  Vision, Failing, Strategy

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

• Vision is something pastors and churches cannot afford to live without.

  John C. Maxwell

  Vision, Church, Pastor

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

• When pastors ask me if their people will buy this vision, I ask them two questions: "Have they bought into your leadership?" If they haven't, don't ever try to pass on a vision. Second, "Have you processed this vision correctly?"

  John C. Maxwell

  Two, People, Vision

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

• There are a lot of pastors who have a vision and have not yet seen it become a reality.

  John C. Maxwell

  Reality, Vision, Pastor

  "Turning Vision Into Reality". Enrichment Interview, enrichmentjournal.ag.org. January 2000.

• For pastors who have a dream and who are walking in obedience but still don't have the resources they need, don't worry. Keep walking in obedience.

  John C. Maxwell

  Dream, Worry, Needs

  "Turning Vision Into Reality". Enrichment Interview, enrichmentjournal.ag.org. January 2000.

• As a pastor I reinforced my vision over lunches.

  John C. Maxwell

  Lunch, Vision, Pastor

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

• It was in the mid-70's, '74 or '75 I started doing leadership conferences for pastors and in '79 I wrote my first book "Think On These Things".

  John C. Maxwell

  Book, Thinking, Firsts

  Source: www.christianbookpreviews.com

• If churches would take ownership of a vision, the next pastor who is thinking about coming to that church can see what their vision is and then determine if their vision fits with his or her ministry. If it doesn't, then it would be wrong for that pastor to come to that church.

  John C. Maxwell

  Thinking, Vision, Church

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

• Pastors need to find their place in the community of believers by spending time with God.

  John C. Maxwell

  Community, Needs, Spending Time

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

• I started out in the ministry, went to college, started as a pastor, pastored for basically 25 years. That was a good time, I really enjoyed it.

  John C. Maxwell

  College, Years, Ministry

  Source: www.christianbookpreviews.com

• It was while I was pastoring that I began to realize that pastors were not growing churches because they didn't understand leadership because they were not trained, adequate leaders.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leader, Church, Growing

  Source: www.christianbookpreviews.com

• I grew up in the home of a pastor, and my earliest memory is that God really had a plan for my life and that I was special - this is really weird - but I felt that.

  John C. Maxwell

  Memories, Home, Special

  Source: www.christianbookpreviews.com

• In my leadership conferences, pastors ask, "Do you have a vision for my church?" Many times they want me to give them a picture of where they should go and what their church should look like. When these pastors do this, I always feel bad.

  John C. Maxwell

  Giving, Vision, Church

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

• When the pastor and his or her church have a vision, they will put their energy, time, money, and personnel into achieving it.

  John C. Maxwell

  Past, Vision, Church

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

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