Joshua LaPoint

The Imperfect Pastor

This essay wrestles with the difficulties of simultaneously being an imperfect person and a pastor who must lead others. Christians must be holy. People think that being holy means never messing up or a least coming as close to perfection as possible. Pastors feel the pressure to be perfect. Pastors are not to teach people how to live by a high moral standard but to show them by example how to love, acknowledge faults, and extend grace to others. Only then does the church reflect Christ. Otherwise, Christianity is nothing but a giant incoherency.

CM 499, Senior Capstone

Terry O’Casey

L203

9:30 – 10 AM