Several moments later, someone asked how many of the churches have senior or
teaching pastors spend 1 - 2 minutes at the offering time in the service challenging the church to give.
Not exact matches
Says Daniel, «I know a fair number of people who
spent 18 months as associate
pastors, then left to do Ph.D. work, and
spent teaching careers disparaging the local church ever after.»
It's not surprising that many new
pastors quickly jettison «all that theology stuff» the seminary
taught, give in to the «real world» of the congregation, and
spend the rest of their ministry flying by the seat of their pants.