“WHY I CHOSE, TO PASTOR.."
IN 2023, I will be starting a new church. PLEASE PRAY FOR ME. WS-3 BLOG ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: May 15, 2013 "WHY I CHOSE, TO PASTOR.." By: Pastor Walter L. Smith III (WS-3) "The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by constraint but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly; nor as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock; and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away" (I Peter 5: 1 – 4). I've been "in church" my whole life, so, I have the advantage of experiencing the "community life and caring" that comes with being a part of the Family of God . I "loved church" as a child, because the "total package", which (in my six-year ...