Failing as pastor hurts, talking about it is hard
Sometimes being a pastor is a real pain. But few pastors want to admit it. J. R. Briggs is trying to change that.
That's
why Briggs, a blogger and pastor of the Renew Community in Lansdale,
Pennsylvania, is organizing the Epic Fail Pastors Conference, which is
set for April 14–16 at a church-turned-bar 25 minutes outside of
Philadelphia. Briggs hopes to make space for pastors to speak their
minds without fear.
The conference grew out of a blog post that
Briggs wrote last summer. Many ministers' conferences are flashy events
with rock bands and presentations from big church pastors, who take the
stage and talk about their great successes.
