As an authentic saying, this simile tells us a good
deal about the ministry of Jesus.
Not exact matches
Jack is writing today
about an issue that many pastors of small churches must
deal with — bivocational
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.
There is a good
deal of confusion in the church
about the nature of the
ministry and therefore a good bit of confusion in theological schools» pictures of what sort of leadership they are preparing.
Downer's daughter and husband reportedly decided to sue after seeing various media reports
about the
ministry's apparent negligence in
dealing with the problem.