Pastoral Authority
Mike Cosper
Mike Cosper joins the podcast to refresh and expand on conversations from the 2023 CPT Conference about the nature of pastoral authority and how that authority can be abused. During the show, Cosper offers a definition of authority that highlights the locus of authority in relationship, encouraging pastors not to view themselves as inaccessible shepherds but as pastors of the people. Mike covers topics from mega churches to Mark Driscoll to Hannah Arendt.
Mike Cosper is the Director of Media for Christianity Today and the host of The Bulletin podcast. He is the author of multiple books including Rhythms of Grace: How the Church’s Worship Tells the Story of the Gospel (Crossway, 2013), Recapturing the Wonder: Transcendent Faith in a Disenchanted World (IVP Books, 2017), Faith Among the Faithless: Learning from Esther How to Live in a World Gone Mad (Thomas Nelson, 2018), and the forthcoming Land of My Sojourn: The Landscape of a Faith Lost and Found.
