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Highest Spiritual Priority
Andrew Purves, Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition
Purves writes that “the highest spiritual priority is to be given to the care of souls.” Programs, growth metrics, and institutional health matter, but they are secondary. When the order is reversed, the church can become efficient at almost everything except the one thing most needed.
How you’d preach it
Classical pastoral theology placed the care of souls above organizational success.
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