Do we know a bad pastor when we see one?

In the absence of any clear sense of shared values, clergy are left to work things out for themselves. And there is not standard by which we can say whether Pastor X is advancing the mission of the UMC or hurting it. Couple this with queasiness about numbers and don’t we create a system in which it is hard to know what is expected and even harder to spot those who meet expectations.

Do we know a bad pastor when we see one? « John Meunier's blog.