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Pastors carry a burden (and invitation) to rebuild trust in a cynical age.
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This edition is sponsored by Aspen Group |
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We know trust is hard to earn these days. And harder to keep. |
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Some of that’s deserved. The headlines, the cover-ups, the quiet compromises—people see it. They carry it. So do you. |
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But if you’re still showing up—still preaching, praying, weeping, and leading—you already know this work was never about image maintenance. It’s about integrity. The kind that has to be lived, not branded. |
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This week, we’re publishing a reflection on what it means to rebuild trust in a moment when the office of pastor no longer carries assumed credibility. It’s not a call to polish your messaging. It’s a call to carry your authority like Jesus did: not to shield yourself, but to shelter others. |
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It names the ache. It doesn’t flinch. But it ends with hope. The kind that grows slowly—in hospital visits, hard conversations, humble apologies, and Spirit-shaped choices that no one may ever see. |
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Because trust doesn’t return through power. It returns through presence. |
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Chris Poblete
Editorial director for CT Pastors |
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The money talk is ministry too. Preaching on generosity isn’t about guilt trips or fundraising goals—it’s about forming disciples who trust God and treasure Christ.
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For 60 years culture has catechized your people on sex. Use the pulpit to cut through the lies and give them a richer and truer vision shaped by Scripture.
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Elijah’s greatest lesson came not from fire on the mountain, but from a whisper in the dark. When pastors feel like quitting, God may be just getting started.
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It requires pastoral wisdom to walk with members who feel at home in your church but burdened by the weight of its denominational baggage.
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