Preparation

Much of being an intern is about preparation. Preparing to be a worship leader, preparing to teach confirmation, preparing to find your pastoral identity. My supervisor has been helpful in this area because he has been giving me many different resources to help in that preparation. The latest of which is "Leading Congregational Change". I've honestly only read the preface and the first chapter, but even those have been quite enlightening. It did raise an interesting question about the role of pastors though. Are pastors generally leaders who help move congregations through change, or are they managers who help maintain the status quo (if it ain't broke don't fix it)?

Which then makes me think, are our seminaries preparing us to be leaders or managers?