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 [...]
Tags: church, ministry, pastor, pastor's salary, Southern Baptist
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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 [...]
Tags: Christian, Christian women, Southern Baptist, women, women in the church, women in the ministry, women's role
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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 [...]
Tags: baptism, Christianity, church, religion, Southern Baptist
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