{"id":410,"date":"2014-08-27T19:26:28","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T19:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?page_id=410"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:14:39","slug":"pastor-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/pastor-appreciation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor Appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-410\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-410-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style ingpb-standard-row\" ><div data-full-row=\"yes\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-410-0\" ><div id=\"pgc-410-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-410-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_video-embed-widget panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-video-embed-widget so-widget-video-embed-widget-default-d75171398898-410\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n\n\n<div class=\"fluid-video\">\n   <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pastor Appreciation - Dr. Doug Beacham\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D0Uu0S8Zy00?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-410-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style ingpb-standard-row\" ><div data-full-row=\"yes\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-410-1\" ><div id=\"pgc-410-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-410-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-410-1-0-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>October 12, 2025 is Pastor Appreciation Day <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014a time for congregations within the IPHC to formally recognize the work of their spiritual leaders.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Pastor Appreciation Day is a joint venture between Women\u2019s and Men\u2019s Ministries and Clergy Development.<\/span> Click the links below for resources to use for your Pastor Appreciation service. <\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Please make a special effort to honor your pastors on October 12, 2025.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"color: #2e3d47; text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLet the elders who rule well be counted worthy of <\/span><b>double<\/b> <b>honor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, especially those <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who labor in the word and doctrine (1 Timothy 5:17 NKJV).\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>RESOURCES<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"https:\/\/www.nae.org\/bless-your-pastor\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nae.org\/bless-your-pastor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Bless Your Pastor - National Association of Evangelicals | National Association of Evangelicals<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #2e3d47; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.focusonthefamily.com\/pastoral\/pdf\/CAM_Guide_2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clergy Appreciation from Focus on the Family <\/a>- a free guide to Pastor Appreciation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/je2x1r49yj4iuxg\/Pastor%20Appreciation%20Day-%20Bishop%20McGhee.docx?dl=0\">Pastor Appreciation Day Article<\/a> - by Bishop Tommy McGhee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/phpastor.org\/pci\/\">Pastor Care Initiative - Find out how your pastor can receive a Now &amp; Later Grant!\u00a0<\/a> - IPHC Clergy Development<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-410-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style ingpb-standard-row\" ><div data-full-row=\"yes\" class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-410-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-410-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-410-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-89f16426b92c-410\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/phpastor.org\/pci\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"Untitled design\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10564,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-410","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"page_tag-pastor-appreciation","7":"entry"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4T9u2-6C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}