CT Pastors Newsletter 5-22-25

May 22, 2025
CT Pastors

This edition is sponsored by Gloo


Pastors,

Do you ever feel like the only way to keep up is to speed up? Like ministry is all output, pressure, and pace?

One of this week’s pieces offers a timely reminder: the way of the shepherd is slower. Not lazy. Not aimless. Just rooted in presence, attention, and care. It’s a call to resist the urge to hustle and instead walk closely with the people God’s entrusted to you.

If you’ve been wondering whether faithfulness requires constant motion, this one’s for you.

Praying for you as you lead with patience and presence.

Chris Poblete
Editorial Director, CT Pastors


Elsewhere at CT, curated for pastors:

  • Pastors press on after 46,000 churchgoers leave Hong Kong.
  • A new book shows how the late Tim Keller preached the superiority of Christianity, not Christians.
  • More and more churches are turning to ancient words of faith, like the Nicene Creed, to anchor modern worship.
  • CT editor-in-chief Russell Moore has an open and candid conversation with Ray Ortlund to discuss what he’s learned from unexpected losses, crushed hopes, and discarded dreams.
  • Backed by Christian groups, the bipartisan Take It Down Act aims to protect against online exploitation. This week, President Trump signed it into federal law—a giant step forward in protecting America’s children online.


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Beyond Our Pages

  • Porn use has profoundly shaped Gen Z men’s minds and relationships, but small daily habits in Scripture—though slower—can reshape them with greater power, forming new patterns of hope and holiness.
  • A pastor shares five key principles for ministry job seekers, from trusting God’s timing to preparing well and finding the right fit.
  • Christian leaders are imperfect and often feel inadequate, yet God uses their weaknesses to display his strength, reminding us to support and encourage them rather than idolize them.
  • In a culture weary of cynicism and irony, Patrick Miller explores how the church can engage metamodern individuals by embracing sincerity, hope, and authenticity in preaching, discipleship, and worship.  


More pastoral resources

Ministry momentum doesn’t always come from working harder. Sometimes it starts with thinking differently.

Despite fewer pursuing pastoral roles today, the vocation provides the unique privilege of making a profound impact by sharing oneself with others.

Pastors may feel pressure to deliver mountaintop moments, but lasting formation is kindled in the steady fire of ordinary faithfulness.

Pastors don’t need hype to lead their churches in mission. These four rhythms can shift a church from evangelistic intention to evangelistic instinct.


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