{"id":33169,"date":"2021-12-15T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=33169"},"modified":"2021-12-15T07:57:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T12:57:15","slug":"come-back-to-your-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2021\/12\/15\/come-back-to-your-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Come Back to Your Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-38706\" data-series-id=\"628\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 15 of 24 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/series\/pastors-hope-and-a-future\/\">Pastors: A Hope and a Future<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Pastors, as the church&#8217;s leader, you fulfill a figurehead role that has three parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You <em>represent<\/em> what the church is all about, its ethos and its activities. 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