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The Reformed Pastor And The Shepherd Leader

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Both Baxter and Witmer, in their books “The Reformed Pastor”,” The Shepherd Leader”, argue about how to be a good leader in a biblical way for Maturate Pastoral Ministry. While Baxter is describing from his own point of view, Witmer harmonizes with Baxter including other points. Firstly, in this essay, we will Compare and contrast Timothy Witmer’s framework for leadership with his “old shepherd friend” Richard Baxter in The Reformed Pastor (1657)
Secondly, we are going to Evaluate Witmer’s framework for leadership in which extant is biblical, practical and relevant to our personal context.
Finally, there will be a Self-assess of my personal leadership in the church and home against this (modified) framework, with explaining strength and weakness point area.

Both Baxter and Witmer uphold the biblical foundations for shepherding or leadership and the importance of this responsibility. In this case, we can see that both of them argue that this responsibility comes from God and there is a consequence for negligence. For an example from the Bible, “You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them; behold, I am about to attend to you for the evil of your deed,” declares the Load (Jer 23:1-2), here we can see a clear picture of this consequence and we cannot deny us from this duty.
Baxter emphasizes on to build-up personal relationship for understanding the needs of the flock and giving a better service, where he mentions “many other passages of

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