This course is many hours long and full of stories, insights, and advice
about leaving the ministry.
Not exact matches
In 1995, before
leaving on a
ministry trip to Australia, I read a true story
about a seminary student who struck up a conversation with a teenager who had been living on the streets of Melbourne.
This is for pastors struggling with the
ministry, who are
leaving the
ministry or thinking
about it, or who have already...
You will learn more
about young adults, understand some of the many reasons they
leave the church and often stay away, network with other leaders in your area and walk away with some do - able next steps and encouragement for your
ministry.
To make matters worse, the average congregation is more worried
about overpaying the staff than underpaying them which leads to the church being crippled spiritually by pastoral changes as the pastor moves to a better deal or
leaves the
ministry or works multiple jobs just to support his family.
Interesting stuff, was heavy into deliverance
ministry, but now after
leaving the religious churched mentality, I'm not sure there is even a person called satan... we are easily our worst enemy... questions
about hell, inerrancy, etc... also too much of «us and them» mentality.
After 15 years of receiving a paycheck from a church, I
left the
ministry 9 years ago (my choice) and found myself in a deep struggle for
about three years.
Dear David: What did Jesus say
about your decision to
leave the
ministry and how did He speak?
We do not all agree in the Christian Church
about the proper forms of authority in the
ministry; but whatever they may be, we can not escape the truth that God in his decisive word to us has
left us no ultimate reliance upon institution or tradition save that which arises from personal trust in him.