Fill the pulpit.
Saving money or
proclaiming the word of God?
Monetary savings might be (and likely will be) realized in the absence of a pastor but must not
become the objective. Based on previous shared experience, it won’t be quite
what you might anticipate. (Albert Dudgeon thought we should have had a big
bankroll from the year we didn’t pay a pastor, but expenses gave no deference to
the pastoral situation or his thoughts).
I hope that you put exhorting the word of God above all
other considerations. This is important, so I am repeating some of what you
received earlier. The target, focus, and intent matter. Savings are great, but
proclaiming good news and prompting discipleship (we mostly preach to the
Saints on Sunday morning) remain the homiletic target.
Don’t just fill the pulpit. Preach the word.
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