Ask the Theologian with Dr. Randy White - October 13, 2015

Reflections of 25 Years

Recently Dr. Randy White experienced a milestone when he resigned from his pastorate at the First Baptist Church of Katy, Tex., where he had served since 2003, to pursue new ministry opportunities that he will be sharing much more about in the near future.

He and his wife Shelley have moved to Taos, N.M., where Dr. White is now pastoring the First Baptist Church there, and he also continues to expand his outreach through Randy White Ministries.

As he looks back on 12 years in Katy and 25 years of pastoral ministry, Dr. White has been writing a series of articles sharing some of the lessons he has learned and insights he has gained during the past quarter-century.

On today’s edition of Ask the Theologian, Dr. White will walk the listeners through some of the most important of these reflections. Here is a list of the topics we will cover:

• Sometimes we need to re-learn the things we thought we knew in our youth.
• There is a difference between growing a crowd and growing a church.
• Believe it or not, churches can become too big.
• There are actually advantages to participating in a smaller church.
• We can become so busy in ministry that we sometimes begin to neglect the Bible itself.
• It is important that a pastor focus on preaching—as opposed to leading.
• The pastor’s title matters.
• The more you get to know about a church, the more you know that it has problems.
• Most church problems spring from very simple issues.
• Boring is not always bad, but truth is ultimate.
• Boredom is not the sin, but disregarding boring truth is the sin.
• In that light, we have a new series on dispensationalism beginning on Wednesday night.