Pastors can blog in a way to get their message across and to get people to read it.
Two pastor posts in my Google reader are billboards for pastors blogging about their ministry and about their church. First, Pastor Mark Batterson of National Community Church in Washington, D.C. and Pastor Perry Noble of New Spring in South Carolina.
Before he visited Germany and Martin Luther’s church in Wittenberg, Batterson studied and read about Luther who was a key player in the protestant reformation. In his post, he describes what he read about how Luther regarded personal confession and the amount of time he devoted to it. The German priest would take hours going before God to confess each and every sin.
Batterson describes his reaction and how he’s adapted that practice in his personal life.
On the other post, Pastor Noble shares his reaction to weekend services at his church. Check out how he does this with bullets. From his writing you get a sense for his voice and for his Red Bull energetic attitude. He says some pretty provactive things and I bet they were read by a wide range of people.
There are so many ways a pastor can interact with his church with a blog.
These are just two examples.