Jun. 13, 2008
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How Should a Pastor Dress?
If all goes well Im going to be ordained sometime this summer. As I have been transitioning into full time ministry I have had more discussions with my senior pastor about how I dress that almost any other topic.
Here is the question how should a pastor dress? Should he dress like business guy? Should he dress like a golfer? Should he dress like a rock star?
Here is what i have been thinking bout recently. 1: I need to be accessible to a wide variety of people. 2: Im not a button up and khakis kind of guy (It just doesn’t look that good on my build.) 3: I either like to dress down (t-shirt, shorts and flip flops), or up (sports coats). 4: If I’m going to to dress up I feel like I should be comfortable, but at the same time stylish.
I know that no matter how I dress some people will be put off by my appearance, with that in mind, how should I dress? I’ve put pictures of three styles of dress with which I feel comfortable.
Casual
Psuedo-Formal
Formal
robert redford, baby.
Posted by david schrott on Friday, Jun. 13, 2008.Pseudo-formal… hands down… unless you are preaching in Dutch Mecca, then go for a three piece
Posted by Robbie Schmidtberger on Friday, Jun. 13, 2008.I think pseudo-formal’s your best bet for being the most accessible…however, there’s definitely a time and place for all three to be worn in the church setting. I’m sure you’ll figure out when. But, in my opinion, I think you should mix all three at once…casual wear with the sunglasses of pseudo formal and the facial expression of formal.
haha.
Posted by Megan Summers on Friday, Jun. 13, 2008.Was this past Sunday pseudo-formal or formal? I had a hard time discerning
Have you figured it out yet?
Posted by CK on Monday, Jun. 16, 2008.I think Robert Redford - if everyone else is casual, you can always take the jacket off -
Love ya
Posted by Mom on Wednesday, Jul. 9, 2008.