---
title: 'A Shepherd or a Ranchman?'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Cleland Boyd McAfee'
date: 1912-04-25
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Pastoral Theology'
- 'Ecclesiology (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 16'
- 'John 15'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/mcafee-1912-a-shepherd-or-a-ranchman
---

# A Shepherd or a Ranchman?

Warns pastors against becoming managers ('ranchmen') rather than shepherds, urging retention of personal pastoral care and priority of souls amid growing social demands.

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