Download or read book Effective Pastoring written by Bill Lawrence and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 1999-10-05 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A great deal of confusion exists today as to what pastors are to be," Lawrence writes. "Are they chaplains, CEO's, preachers, managers, or counselors? Paul gave us the answer long ago: They are to be equippers, disciple-makers." Just as the great artist Michelangelo took a chipped and flawed piece of marble and transformed it into a masterful sculpture of David, so does a pastor with his flock. "This is pastoring", writes Lawrence, "serving as sculptors of souls."