Abstract
Pastors wear a lot of hats. Pastors’ roles include preacher, worship leader, provider of pastoral care, counselor, teacher, and administrator. And those are just the official expectations. As Barbara Brown Taylor says, a pastor also ends up being a “social worker, chauffeur, cook, financial advisor, community organizer, babysitter, philanthropist, marriage counselor, cheerleader, [and] friend.”1 In a church with a large staff, these roles may be divided among several people, but then the lead pastor also has to manage several employees. In a church with a solo pastor, the pastor either has to do all of these tasks or rely on strong lay leadership.
Recommended Citation
Wilcox, Ashley M.
(2022)
"Caring for Each Other,"
Quaker Religious Thought: Vol. 136, Article 2.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/qrt/vol136/iss1/2