What I Promise You As Your New Pastor
1. I will shepherd you without duplicity (hypocrisy). (Psalm 78:72A)
2. I will guide you with biblical principles, well-interpreted
& well-applied. (Psalm 78:72B)
3. I will work hard. (2 Timothy 2:6)
4. I will be globally-minded. (Matt.28:18-20)
5. I will personally & publicly evangelize without embarrassment
(2 Timothy 1:8) & without fearing rejection. (2 Timothy 4:5)
6. I will preach & teach correct doctrine whether it is popular
or not. (2 Timothy 1:13; 1 Timothy 1:19A; Acts 20:18-21, 27)
7. I will carefully monitor my own life & my own beliefs. (1 Timothy 4:16)
8. I will work to multiply myself. (2 Timothy 2:2)
9. I will expect hardships & I will push through them. (1 Timothy 1:18-20)
10. I will first follow orders from my Commander. (2 Tim. 2:4; Gal. 1:10)
11. I will not call you to a standard of holiness which I
personally skip. (1 Timothy 1:19B; 2 Timothy 2:5, 21-22)
12. I will lead you by serving you. (Mark 10:42-45)
13. I will strive to be gentle & humble in times of correcting
you. (2 Timothy 2:24-26)
14. I will work in concert with the other Calvary Bible
Church pastors. (Titus 1:5)
15. I will preach the Word. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
“teaching” … This is the right path!
“reproving” … Hey, you’re off the right path!
“correcting” … Here’s how to get back on the right path!
“training in righteousness” … These things will keep you
on the right path.
16. I will be accountable to other men. (Proverbs 27:17)
17. I will seek to resolve any charge against me in a
Christ-honouring way and for the glory of God. (1 Timothy 3:2A)
18. I will work on my marriage & I will see it as being life-long. (1 Tim. 3:2B)
19. I will not be given to extremes. (1 Timothy 3:2C)
20. I will measure my words & my actions. (1 Timothy 3:2D)
21. I will conduct myself in such a way that I respect & I bring respect to …
my Lord & Saviour
my wife & children
all of you, my church family / flock
I realize that I constantly represent all of you & that I
always take all of you with me wherever I go! (1 Timothy 3:2E)
22. Beth & I will invite people into our home to show them the
love of Jesus. (1 Timothy 3:2F)
23. I will not drink alcohol. (1 Timothy 3:3A)
24. I will not win an argument to lose a person who has a soul.
(1 Timothy 3:3B)
25. I will not let money or what money can buy become an
idol to me. (1 Timothy 3:3C)
26. I will work to servant-lead my wife & children to be
Christ-like, self-controlled & respectable. (1 Timothy 3:4)
27. I will interact with the lost so as to bring honour to my
Saviour. (1 Timothy 3:7)
28. I will strive to be self-disciplined. (1 Timothy 4:7B-8)
29. I will pray …
for all of you
for our church ministries
for our missionaries
for lost people
for the Bahamas: Government & people
(Acts 6:4; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-4)
30. I will agape-love you realizing that you are the Good
Shepherd’s precious sheep. (1 Thessalonians 2:7-8, 10-12;
Philippians 1:3-8)
31. I will let you love me. (Philippians 2:17-18; 4:10-16)
So Help Me, God!
