It was about this time last year when our church installed me as their pastor. The following is the sermon I preached that day, in which I did my best to articulate my understanding of the role and call of a pastor.
On Sunday I was installed as the pastor of New Community Covenant Church in Bronzeville. As a church planter I’ve functioned as the pastor, but the church decided this was an appropriate time to affirm their call to be their pastor. It was a special service and I was reminded of God’s faithfulness and this church’s commitments to following Jesus. Here is my sermon (lightly edited) along with some photos taken by our friend Esther.
So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. -Ephesians 4:11-13
Thank you for calling me to by your pastor. I wouldn’t be…
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David W. Swanson 