Posts Tagged ‘Southern Baptist’

Advice to Young Ministers: Full-Time vs. Part Time Ministry?

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Some churches are wonderful. They want to pay their pastor well, love him, and support him as he supports and encourages them. These tend to be the poorest churches who can’t afford to pay their pastor well, and are embarrassed. What they don’t realize is that many ministers would rather work for them than the [...]

A Man's Balls

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

Once, I got into an argument with Bob over women in the ministry. I had always believed that women were not inferior, but had a different role than men. That meant men could lead in the church, but women couldn’t.
I questioned that, however, and ultimately decided that was wrong. Bob and I discussed it one [...]

I Baptize you in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Baptist Church

Monday, October 26th, 2009

I have many regrets from my time in the ministry, but I do have one memory I am semi-proud of. I stuck up for myself once, and now this is the one thing I can look back on and feel I did the right thing.
It was actually pretty petty. Something I don’t mention on here [...]