Josilito, that issue came up at a recent constituency meeting in Southeast California Conference with some calling for a reduction of pastoral staff to sort of spread out the collective pastoral might. It was actually a proposed action that received a vote, and was overwhelmingly voted down after a few minutes of discussion (this was a meeting of several hundred church leaders convening at the Loma Linda Chinese Church).

There are miscomceptions, I think, about what pastors actually do and why full-time vocational ministers are needed even in medium-sized churches. Lay leaders with other full-time jobs and responsibilities cannot do justice to the huge task of ministering full-time to a congregation. There is simply too much work to do.

Posted by: Jared Wright | 18 July 2008 at 9:23

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