"About one-third of you readers are laypersons. This article is for you. Of course, I know pastors and other vocational ministry leaders will be reading as well. Perhaps, more than my article, they will be reading your comments. They will be searching eagerly to see if anyone has a word of encouragement. They may be anticipating the responses will be a barrage of negativity they have become accustomed to receiving.
Please hear
me clearly. The vast majority of pastors with whom our team communicates are
saying they are considering quitting their churches. It’s a trend I have not
seen in my lifetime. Some are just weeks away from making an announcement. They
are looking for work in the secular world. Some will move to bivocational
ministry. Some will move to marketplace ministry.
But many
will move."
Read the entire article here by Thom Rainer, one of my former seminary professors.
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