Not exact matches
It is unrealistic to imagine that churches, at the
judicatory or national level, can accomplish any significant social action without
staff.
As
judicatory funding came under close scrutiny in the late»70s and early»80s, campus ministry
staff and programs were good targets for cuts: clearly, it takes less
staff time to refer and network than it does to design and implement creative ministry.
There is no reason in principle why local associations should be bereft of
staff executives, but such persons should not be appointed by higher
judicatories at the state or national level.