Visiting church members

Found this on a Face Book page:
"Members would like me and my wife to visit them. We have at times but I guess they want it more frequently. I am Bi-Vocational, have family of 6 and I'm trying to find the time. You think people would understand.
What do I do?
I am involved in trying to schedule events, I visit if needed, I am involved in community pastors group also.
A lot of things a pastor does.
I don't get a lot of money from church so you think they would understand."
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Ask each member of your church to write down all the responsibilities you have and how many hours you should spend on each! Dollars to donuts - it will add up to more than 168 hours per week (and most will probably forge to list sleep)! Then figure your your hourly pay!

 

1) Suppose there is no one who would be be qualified to be an elder?
Going to a pastors group can be a priority - esp if the pastor has no one to share with.
A pastors group can be very effective for a pastor.

 

1) I dont know how many members this church has
Could be it is well below 50 and if it is that small - maybe that is why they think he visit more often.
You are correct about an absolute biblical growth may be right on.
I currently have 2 men that have been Christians for many years - but there spiritual level is about the 4th grade - at best.

I will ask the pastor about his church size.

 

He has not yet mentioned how big his church or how many men there are.

I was once an interim pastor of a church that only 3 women!
Thus no deacons.

 

This was over 20 years ago -the last I knew, they got a new pastor and have continued
This was in West Va - I now live in Upstate NY

 

I can not speak for the church in the OP
But in my church - I do know them - and they are not ready to lead.
From a military point of view - they are still in the first week of Basic Training.
We have a lot of work to do!

The previous pastor was there for ten years - he left due to his loosing mental capacity due to age - - he should have left about 5 years previously. Things really went downhill after his wife passed away. (I was a member of a different church at the time) - Anyways, the pastor did not do a very good job of teaching. I am trying to bring them up to par. but it will take a while.

 

Lets just say I am trying to do 10 years of non-action.

No need to feel sorry for us -
But we do covet our prayers.

I was just thinking -
For several years I was a behind-the-wheel driving instructor.
Though most of my students were under 35 -
I did have a number that were 60+
There were two groups of this age group:
1) wives who never drove in their life because their hubby did all the driving.
These ladies are now widows and need to drive.

2) Senior citizens who were directed to take a road test to see if they still had proper skills to continue driving. - those in this group - failed their road test and needed training to sharpen their skills and would have to take another road test.

Which group do you think was easier to teach?
Those who had driven for decades - or those who never drove a day in their life?
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The group that was learned quickly were those who never had driven - you see they had no bad habits to break.

The "experience" were not as easy to teach as it was hard for them to break bad habits and to ajdust to new traffic laws. ie - where do you stop for a stop sign ? And the answer is NOT @ the stop sign!. Also many had problems with their blind spots, ect, ect, ect. I had one lady who failed her test ten times!

And that is why I am struggling as these folks are still stuck pre 2000

As I mentioned earlier - we covet your prayers.

 

right after I came - the Chinese virus hit -