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Pastor Shortage

“…it makes sense to direct financial efforts to more than improving facilities or maintaining the general student population of our Christian schools. Increased assistance must be provided for students studying for ministry” - P&D

Discussion

Wed, 02/15/23

If a small church (<100) expects to bring on a F/T pastor, but can’t pay him a decent salary plus full benefits, they need to be content with a bi-vocational pastor. I know some older, established churches don’t like that idea, but that’s the future of pastoral ministry. Young guys going to Bible college to be a pastor would be better served skipping the pastoral studies major, learning a trade or getting a marketable degree instead and then self-financing their way through seminary. That would give them several years of real-world job experience plus both a trade/degree and an MDiv of MA.