Pastor = Shepherd
I learned something new this week.
A Pastor of a church is like a Shepherd. His church members are his sheep.
Sheep likes to wonder around and the Shepherd will go after that sheep.
So a Pastor’s job is to show care and concern towards his church member. Chasing after sheep is his job.
So, can a Shepherd blame the sheep or punish the sheep if the sheep does not go to him?
If in the first place, the Shepherd never show concern, never build that close relationship with the sheep, do you expect the sheep to get close to you?
Oh, this term was one of my former church elder’s slogan. Since he is the head of the church, he does regards himself as the shepherd looking ofter us (sheeps), which is correct because the Bible says so. I like your last question, I think it’s the problem with having a big church where there’re too many people to even take notice. But there’s also some pastor who are showing too much concern until the member felt he’s too busy-body to mind their own business. So, where do we draw the line from not being over concern to being concern because he is the pastor trying to be a good shepherd to his sheep?