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Quit Pastoring Your Church: The story of a small church making Jesus their pastor Kindle Edition

by Aaron D. Gerrard (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
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Jesus is real. He is with you. He is for you. He is your pastor. And he wants to be the pastor of your church. These statements might seem obvious, but what if we all took them seriously? Aaron Gerrard did just that in his journey to plant a church in Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. In the new book, Quit Pastoring Your Church. The story of a small church making Jesus their pastor Gerrard shares candidly about his journey to start a new kind of church by allowing Jesus to be the guide and it radically impacted the story of this new congregation.

Part memoir, part church planting guide, part leadership model handbook, join Aaron Gerrard for the journey he went on in an attempt to quit pastoring his church.
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Read Quit Pastoring Your Church and explore the "crazy calling" of planting a church in Christ's Kingdom. Let it grip you with the vision of the impossible task made possible when "Jesus is pastor." Allow Aaron Gerrard to disrupt your best agendas, paint you a new picture, and reset expectations so that Jesus can become the very real living center of life and ministry in this thing we call church.

- DAVID FITCH

professor at Northern Seminary

author of Faithful Presence


Quit Pastoring Your Church offers a tantalizing vision for ministry done in the Spirit of Jesus. This book is bracingly honest, spiritually informed, and theologically engaged as it untangles our (not so) subtle control over our own pastoral work and guides toward Jesus, our Pastor. Gerrard offers hope for ministering persons of all stripes to discover the life-giving reality of pastoral ministry practiced in intimate communion with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

- JIM HORSTHUIS

Academic Director

Pathways School of Ministry


Quit Pastoring Your Church is an honest look at the life of a pastor. It's an inspiring story of one person who wades his way through pain and suffering and personal crisis and encounters Jesus in the midst of it. As I read it, I was challenged by Aaron's commitment to live by his principles, and encouraged by the work that God has been doing in his life and in his church. Aaron confronts some of the standard practices of evangelical churches, particularly, decision making, focusing on numerical growth, and minimizing the importance of sacramental practices, and invites us to rethink what our practices reveal about what we value and believe. He winsomely invites us to engage in the courageous journey of following Jesus as Lead Pastor.

- MARDI DOLFO-SMITH

Discipleship Pastor

North Shore Alliance Church


We could all claim that we recognize that Jesus is the head of the church. But would anyone know that to be true if the average local church was the only corroborating evidence for our claims? Aaron Gerard has done something important with this book. He has made practical something that many of us only conceive of theoretically. You're about to read the story of how a church has made Jesus their pastor. I consider this book to be essential reading for anyone considering a call to pastoral ministry or for the myriad of pastors and churches that face the ongoing temptation to let just about everything and everyone but Jesus lead.

- JARED SIEBERT

Director of Church Planting

Free Methodist Church in Canada

About the Author

Aaron Gerrard, his wife, and three kids call Ancaster, Ontario, home. Aaron is the pastor of Ancaster Village Church, a church which he, his family, and a few other crazy dreamers planted eight years ago. He shares the story of that church planting journey in his new book from New Leaf Press, Quit Pastoring Your Church. the story of a small church making Jesus their pastor.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08SCNGM7Z
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Leaf Network Press (January 6, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 6, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4761 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 236 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0995305420
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 22 ratings

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Timbo
5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for pastors!
Reviewed in Canada on January 25, 2021
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Really enjoyed this book and got a lot out of it at the same time, despite not being in the target pastor demographic.

Aaron eloquently expresses the clear work of God, and his confidence in it, specifically through trying personal times and through his church plant journey.

The book has great challenging content with a fresh perspective on Biblical interpretation, church leadership and organization, decision-making through consensus, etc...

Highly recommend to pastors and everyone else!
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Sam
5.0 out of 5 stars So so good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 6, 2021
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Super helpful to read as a trainee pastor. Full of honesty, personal stories and genuinely helpful ways of working.
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Lorel
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read
Reviewed in Canada on January 5, 2022
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This was inspiring, challenging (in a good way), encouraging and very thought provoking. An excellent read not only for those in direct ministry roles, but anyone who is apart of a church body.
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scott.anderson
4.0 out of 5 stars Humble, honest, an example of theology in pastoral practice
Reviewed in Canada on January 25, 2021
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This book has been a timely gift to me - fuelling my hunger and hope for Jesus' living presence, voice and leadership in the church I serve, and offering real guidance on how to seek this in the ways of my leadership. Two parts pastoral confessional, one part guide to personal and congregational praxis - Aaron does a brilliant job of inviting us to both think well and concretely about how to put our theology into practice, and how to keep the gospel of Jesus at the centre. We need more books like this. thanks Aaron
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Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars The humble pastor
Reviewed in Canada on July 15, 2021
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This book was such a huge encouragement to me as a pastor to a tiny church plant. The vulnerability in this story and the leadership methods shared offer a model of the pastor as the most dependent on Jesus. So very refreshing.
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