Why Are Some Pastors Lazy
As Christians, we are called to be volunteers. Why do some pastors only work 40 hours? My pastor even said he was overloaded and requested 3 more months paid vacation. The whole congregation approved. Why are some pastors and church paid staff not required to contribute some volunteer work?
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---Mary on 8/30/05
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THREE MONTHS vacation (paid or not)???!! I never heard of such laziness, corruption and abuse. And the Board of WHIMPS goes along with it (and in this financial crisis). Consider that he's not coming back (THREE MONTHS!!, he skipped town). Many pastors are "hirelings" (John 10:13, the rest are grossly irresponsible and never cared for us to "enter by the door).
FIRE the pastor/bum. This economic crisis is going to show many people the TRUTH about money and God. |
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---greg on 4/29/08 |
If I was a Preacher(Shepard)of a Flock,
I would be their Everyday for Gods Sheep & for the Lost who are seeking The Way.
I would take NO money, Just some food a pillow/blanket and a cot.
Unfortunantly Preaching Isn't My Calling.
W/a wife & 3 Kids that would have been impossible for me to do.
There's this preacher in Tx. who's a Doctor & making Bank(Mega-Money), He still wants 10%. for doing Gods work.
Right or Wrong, Do You think that is right? |
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---Duane_Dudley_Martin on 4/28/08 |
Oh I wish you all could meet my pastor, I can't say enough good things about him and his family. Today, especially, my poor minister is totally exhausted from taking a group of teens to an event and still trying to deal with everything he has to deal with on a daily basis. If I had his job, I'd be in a psychiatric hospital by now--seriously! |
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---Mary on 4/28/08 |
marrianne ... Some pastors work full time paid at their pastor job, and jt usually means much more than 40 hours.
At the other end of the scale, some pastors have a full time non-church job, and then in their "spare" time work unpaid as the pastor. |
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---alan_of_UK on 4/28/08 |
I was not aware that pastors put in a 40 hours week. Mine hangs out at the church at times, but does not prepare a sermon until Saturday night. I assumed most work was part time - 1 day per week - and the rest of the time, he was just around in case you needed him. You usually find him at the local buffet restaurant most nights. |
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---marianne on 4/28/08 |
jhonny- you're right- laziness does morph into cowardice aweful quick. But we aren't without recourse. We can always contact the district offices of a denomination and explain to them why you are pulling away from the local church, and mention the pastor's name. If they are Pharisees, they won't respond, but if they do respond then you have something to work with. It's one way of testing the waters. |
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---Aggie on 10/31/07 |
Pastors rarely can possibly stick to 40 hours a week. It is high burn out profession due to all the demands and most of us are not good at saying no. |
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---James on 10/31/07 |
Our pastor (and others also) would not know what to do with himself if he were given 3 months off - paid or unpaid. He is supposed to have 4 Sundays off a year and never takes any. The reason - so many churches have no-one to preach on Sundays so ministers give their days off to these churches and are, therefore, preaching every Sunday. |
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---RitaH on 9/26/07 |
I don't think it is laziness on the pastor's part (maybe in some situations yes) but the people of the church don't often see what goes on behind the scenes, especially during the week. The church staff are constantly busy, planning services, visiting people. I agree, that the 3 months paid vacation is a bit excessive, but a pastor needs vacation time just like everyone else. A chance to rejuvenate. Being a pastor or youth director is stressful. You have to answer to EVERYONE in the church. |
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---Katie on 9/25/07 |
Robyn, do forgive me but I have this to say. That is a huge problem with worldly churches today. God never bless the disobedient..sorry to say this but its true. ..SDA pastors all get the same pay no matter if you been in long or new. we know exactly where our money goes and results of things done are always made known 2us every Sabbath and on sabbath school lesson books etc.God blesses our church abundantly cos we are honest stewards of His money.Do come join us.You will b blessed. |
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---jana on 9/23/07 |
Robyn. Thanks for your testimony.
"..members are afraid to speak up and will put up with any of their behavior. ..no one questioned you on anything. They...become corrupt in a short period of time.They dont fear anyone. Not even God. This is my belief."
And how people love to dread a man in authority who serves the idolatrous system and not God. This is corruption that people love to follow this system of tyranny and these mutually ordained men. Lazy quickly morphs to a coward. |
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---jhonny on 9/18/07 |
Mainline churches=free utilities/home/cars/ its insurance.Shocking:paying 4 deaths!July $100 family funeral eulogy & $200 pastor funeral car!/$175 ride 2 miles 4 us!/hearse 4 flowers!IM 4 cremation/chapel 4 "home coming." IT'S WRONG 2 PAY 4 DEATH!Others/my pastor don't!Pastor doesn't have office/ secretary/don't pay musicians/teachers/ youth leaders/Bible school/cut grass/paint/ clean church/cook meals/altar flowers.Drama team hold fund raisers/nor charge churches nor ask 4 money! |
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---Beth on 9/17/07 |
Did Jesus charge?Did he tell his disciples 2 ask?No!He said NOT 2,they'll be taken care of.Did any charge 4 burials/raising dead/baptisms/camel-donkey-boat rides/ preach at another church or outside/ healings/blessings?People KNEW 2 provide 4 them.I write on envelope where/4 what/how much."I can't give"is wrong,we CAN cut out 1 food item/something we want.$1 goes far when others add $1.Kids=50 cents.We never gave allowances.Kids work 2 buy bling-bling but don't pay God 1st,he owns all! |
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---Beth on 9/17/07 |
I've been in the Mega Churches and the very small poor country churches where ever I grew up or lived many years with my husband going to where the jobs were. The pastors on tv are my supplemental but not who I give money to. The ones on tv never helped us when dad was out of a job from serious illness nor us as seniors in poverty 3 1/2 years. If they offer something on tv I want that just asks for a donation, I give something very small. My tithe belongs to my church & the poor. |
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---Beth on 9/17/07 |
I prefer the small pastor of my old Baptist church as a teen. He and his wife gave to help so many including us. He used his own money to see my dad 40 miles away in a hospital. The deacons and he handed me an envelope with money when I walked home from school. Women brought food in baskets to the public housing we had to move to as we lost everything. When dad recovered, we got a nice house, & gave back tithes and free will offereings to help others. Our pastor/wife always gave time/money. |
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---Beth on 9/17/07 |
There was a meeting unanounced on a Sunday night where the pastor/family/council sat on stage justifying themselves as some of us cried and others told them off. My child was 14 & saw this as well as other young people. Many of us left to go elsewhere & are happier. We couldn't unseat the pastor having no vote! We who left get together from our churches to minister as a group to the homeless & go to the streets with our youth with their talents. |
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---Beth on 9/17/07 |
Our car's falling apart,pastor/wife drove off"we'll pray you get another car!"We gave tithe/free will/preacher visitors(some never got paid!)/missions/etc. Their homes: mansions/with elites/inner circle golfing trips.We love our new small church but 30% give.Pastor's up in yrs. always worked 40 hr.job outside church to support family. Relatives gave them a house.He preaches 2 times a wk.Some left as hymns no longer played.Some fought over type/new building for church growth from wkly salvations. |
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---Beth on 9/17/07 |
Robyn, it makes a lot of difference. Tithes and offerings are money going INTO the church. The pastor's salary is going OUT OF the church as is money for electricity etc. He should be handling NONE of this. There should be a financial secretary or a treasurer or possibly a whole committee doing all this. The pastor's job is to preach and do pastoral work, not handle money.If you are 100% certain that he handles the money you should speak out and get this changed. It's wrong. |
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---RitaH on 9/17/07 |
Robyn, why do you stay in this church if so much hypocrisy and wrong doings are going on. You sound as though there is nothing right there. There are so many churches to choose from so why not go elsewhere and take your offerings with you. Do a little homework first so that you choose wisely where to go. |
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---RitaH on 9/17/07 |
The churches are not churches anymore. Pastors dont want deacons, treasurers of old. They want full reign and control of the churches now, especially the money. I don't want to blow their covers. But I will say this: TD jakes and all of the millionaire preachers handle all of the money themselves! How do you think they drive their luxury cars and take these expensive vacations and all the other trappings of wealth? No church, no where in the USA is going to pay these kind of salaries to preachers. |
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---Robyn on 9/17/07 |
Jana: Call me what you may. That's the problem. People are afraid to speak out on all of the hypocrisy and woundedness going on in these churches today. Our kids are being molested, women raped, others robbed and fleeced. What does it take before we wake up and say no more! I have brother in laws relatives and friends who are preachers. They make money from the churches(2-3) times a week. Great paydays. I would say. |
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---Robyn on 9/17/07 |
RitaH:One difference does it make? Tithes,offerings, dues,special offerings, anniversaries,birthdays. Whenever money is given in the church, the pastor handles it all. In the churches I am familiar with....money rules. I don't see many people getting saved, don't see many people being fed, witnessed to and so on but money rules!I sought the Lord on this a long time ago. I give an offering but the bulk of my money stays with me where I use it to help the poor and needy. Of which class I belong, as well. |
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---Robyn on 9/17/07 |
Jana: I am a PK. That's the only proof I need. But I can say truthfully, my father was not like the preachers of today. He truly loved the poor and needy and did what he could to help. I have worked in every area of the church also. Honey I have been around. I am not blind. One church I left(the pastor) did not even want deacons around because they handled the money and kept the pastor away from it. Now you figure that out. He put the money directly into his pocket. |
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---Robyn on 9/17/07 |
Robyn "hundreds and thousand of dollars 2-3 times per week" are we talking salary here or offerings and tithes? They are not the same thing you know. |
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---RitaH on 9/17/07 |
Robyn, where is your proof that the pastors are getting so much once to twice a week? It is not pastors fault that he has so many in his flock..Do you realise that pastors dont handle money at all and they dont make up their own salary etc???Dont be like the pharisees who complains much..Get real and get in behind your pastor and help him..Thats what Jesus wants us to do, not nag nag ...your holding up His coming.. |
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---jana on 9/17/07 |
Pastors are lazy because their members are afraid to speak up and will put up with any of their behavior. You would be lazy too.. if you had thousnds of members, you were the dictator and no one questioned you on anything. Yet you were making hundreds and thousand of dollars 2-3 times per week. Sometimes more. One man/woman with that kind of power is dangerous. They will also become corrupt in a short period of time.They dont fear anyone. Not even God. This is my belief. |
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---Robyn on 9/16/07 |
Robyn,
"Yes I agree. Most pastors are lazy in the U.S." I would be careful how you judge "most pastors". Matthew 7:2 "For in the way you judge, you will be judged, and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. |
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---denna7667 on 9/16/07 |
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time, wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God (1 Cor. 4:5).
If you can not do something constructive do not be a party to divisiveness by complaining. Exhort, encourage, lift up in prayer or go where you can grow.
In all remember that we are all on a path - none of us has arrived. |
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---Andrea on 9/13/07 |
you nag becos u dont like this or that of a pastor..Why not takeup the position and experience what every pastor does?Have you considered asking if he need help Or have you gone over to see how his family is? this is Gods servant and you help him..not nag. talk about rich pastors..thats jealousy..Where they get their finance? none of our business..Have you given much in tithes as these rich pastors do????Leave God's servants alone.. |
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---jana on 9/13/07 |
Churches have become businesses with employees. Those types of pastors are church employees not shepards. The design of churches today is nothing like what Jesus wanted. If the apostle Paul came today, he would be disgusted. In fact, most churches would not let him inside to speak. |
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---jody_martin on 9/12/07 |
The life of a pastor here in U.K. is far from perfect, in fact there are far too few coming out of our theological colleges to cope but, the more I read on this blog the more pleased I become that I do not live in the U.S. An awful lot of you seem very dissatisfied with your pastors and from what I see on Christian T.V. (which I watch only rarely now) the more I can understand that dissatisfaction. |
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---RitaH on 9/12/07 |
2. Christian T.V., which is mainly American, shows Christianity either as 'easy-believism', 'entertainment' or 'money making rackets'. There is very little that looks like true Christianity to me. I really hope I'm wrong on this. |
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---RitaH on 9/12/07 |
Some churches are run like slaughterhouses. Man is in charge and God is not. These are the type of churches that have caused Christians to become bitter,wounded and very angry toward preachers, deacons and whomever contributes to this tyranny and destruction. It is not that the Christians resent our leaders or authority but the leadership and preachers are oftentimes,very corrupt. Who wants to be under that type leadership? We have to be under absolute obedience to these type butchers and fleecers. |
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---Robyn on 9/12/07 |
Yes I agree. Most pastors are lazy in the U.S. They want a large salary but yet they do a halfwit job of leading the people. Most are arrogant,prideful and very ungodly , yet they want your money. They feel no shame in asking for your money and then pass you on the street barely speaking. Driving his luxury car and living in fine homes, on the church money. If they do the job thay say God called them too, perhaps members would not be so resentful. |
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---Robyn on 9/12/07 |
Why are so many christians lazy? |
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---dan on 9/12/07 |
Just like any job there are bad employees or workers if you will. My suggestion is try following a pastor for say a two week period and do everything he does including middle of the night calls, sermon preparation and all other facets. Most people only see the pastor on the pulpit. |
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---denna7667 on 9/11/07 |
I'm floored at what I see. The advantage to being a Protestant is you can go to any church and worship - if you don't like it be part of a solution or start your own home church.
If I want to stuff my pastors pockets with goodies and or money that is up to me.
You make it sound sinfull.....terrible
it's a nice thing to want to bless your pastor.
where is your Christian faith in all this ugliness? |
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---Andrea on 9/11/07 |
I think a pastor's job in U.K. must be vastly different from that of a pastor's job in U.S. Many pastors here have at least 3 churches to oversee, some have many more. Some are also hospital chaplains. With 3 churches the pastor has to be shared on Sundays. One has him morning, another afternoon and another evening and they rotate each week. He then has 3 bible studies, 3 women's fellowships or Young Wives groups, 3 prayer meetings. |
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---RitaH on 9/11/07 |
2. Far more sick visiting and counselling than if he only had one church and, in addition, more letters to write and 'phone calls to take. O yes, and let us not forget the youth groups and Sunday school. Little wonder many leave the ministry and some of those who don't go voluntarily (to a nice 40 hour week in industry or a shop) go because of ill health, physical and mental |
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---RitaH on 9/11/07 |
Pastors spend a lot of their time riding around in their nice cars and trucks. Drinking coffee and eating at the sisters homes in the churches. Especially the sisters who can cook and bake. Their pockets are usually full of their congregants money come Monday morning. They can spend money like water because come Wednesday they get another paycheck. No one is allowed to share or tell them anything. He is King...now! Ohh..but one day there is going to be Hell to pay! |
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---Robyn on 9/11/07 |
Paid staff use to be unheard. Everyone gave service to the church freely. Now everyone wants to be paid. Their hearts are far away from God they only want to be paid. Pastors received a salary but now they are breaking away, starting their own churches, so they can handle all of the money without anyone telling them what to do. I have heard of pastors not wanting asst pastors or deacons in the church. He has no one telling him anything. He runs the whole show and burns out quickly. |
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---Robyn on 6/3/07 |
Hmm. I don't see a one-man show in the scripture anywhere. Where in the Bible is this mythical one man who does all the pastoring in "his" church? I thought Jesus was the only high-priest we needed anymore? Your Church should be a body of believers that takes care of each other and is lead by a group of qualified elders. The reason your "pastor" is so overloaded is because one man was never intended to do it all. |
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---John on 6/3/07 |
There are pastors,and Pastors.Some will be smitten, causing their sheep to scatter Mat26
:31. Some are hierlings(just in it for the money)and will flee the sheep when things get tough Jn10:12.Some are of their father the devil Jn8:44. Some will search for their sheep Lke15:4.Some will get righteous anger when they see wrong and correct it Jn2:15. Some know what their flock needs Jn10:3 Some will be told Mat25:21,23 Some will be told Mat25:30. V33 work to the right? Our part in this is Lke6:37 |
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---Toby on 11/6/06 |
Because pastors work alot more than you think. what you see your pastor doing is just the tip of the iceberg. Pastors usually never work only 40 hours a week. I am a pastor and I work all the time I'm up early and I'm in bed late. I get calls at 3 am, when spouses fight. To call a pastor lazy is wrong, it's like saying that they work only 1 day a week. |
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---Jared on 11/4/06 |
It's true. There are lazy pastors, and lazy workers in any job. There are some pastors that live for the buffet table, as well as others. But there are pastors who dedicate their lives to the sheep. They pray night and day. They think nothing of going into a bar, pulling a lost sheep off of a barstool, and taking him home. They minister to biker groups, gangs, and run soup kitchens. The good outnumber the 'lazy'. |
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---anonymous on 11/4/06 |
How unfortunate that we all sit here and examine the divine call of pastors by judging them as lazy and not doing enough. Perhaps the better way would be to pray for your pastor and indeed yourself, that you would not be so quick to judge. There are many different ways to be edified, luckily God gave us prayer instead of blame. |
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---John on 11/3/06 |
You are lucky. Our pastor is lucky if he works an hour a day! He seems to feel that he only needs to give a serman, and not prepare for the children's serman, but say something off the cuff..like look at the birds out there, it looks like spring, well, the birds were there a couple hours ago |
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---susan on 4/6/06 |
I must say that I chuckled at the question. I am a pastor's wife and if my husband could work only 40 hours - what a life it would be! A pastor's work is never done. I could spend 40 hours listing the responsibilities of a pastor, but I think it is enough to say that he is on call 24/7 on top of preparing sermons and managing the church. Yes, if only he could just work 40 hours a week! |
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---Heather on 11/3/05 |
A good pastor is unappreciated kicked or whatever by his congregation but he/she gets by on Gods love.They arent usually lazy they know how to delegate leaders that ignite each and everyone of their passions Debba |
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---Debbie on 10/29/05 |
If the pastor is true to his calling, then he most likely does the job to which he is called. Howbeit, many pastors are indeed lazy and do just the minimum required. My former pastor was discharged in part because he worked less than 40 hours per week. |
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---lee1538 on 10/28/05 |
A pastor is accountable for every soul in his congregation before the throne of the living God. A pastor is ALWAYS overloaded; I've never seen one who wasn't. Looking after the dying as well as the living, being an administrator, a thrilling sermon giver, a super financial officer as well as soul keeper, and if they sing-a bonus!. Let's get serious. However a 3mo vacation might better incorporate added training and retreat time plus a month to be with the family. Good investment! |
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---Elsie on 10/28/05 |
Thank you George! Either you ARE a Pastor, or you are a great blessing to the Pastor who is fortunate enough to have you in his flock. |
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---Pastors_wife on 10/28/05 |
Obviously, he wouldn't have entered ministry without faith. What kinds of things would you be thinking about, being given the responsibility of gaurding the souls of the congregation from eternal death and doom, and knowing that your whole life will be laid bare before the Eternal God and judged on how well you performed your ministry. Three months seems excessive, though. This pastor may be even rethinking his ability to lead. |
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---George on 10/24/05 |
They did not sell CD's or other publications for profit. There was no "Sons of Asaph greatest hits" album. Everything belonged to the temple of GOD, and therefore was used to bless God and the people of God. As far as the pastor being lazy, or needing 3 months off, does anyone realize the pressure that this man is under? |
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---George on 10/24/05 |
Does anyone recall the temple under King Solomon? When you look at the wealth in the temple in solomon's day, it made the White House look like a trailer park. There is something to look at, though. The levites had no wealth of their own. They were under the care of the people of GOD and his house. Therefore, they did not own their own house, transportation, copyrights to books and songs. |
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---George on 10/24/05 |
As to the pastor doing everything, I have found that most pastors are totally ignorant of what talents lie in their own congregations. All too often they fail because of their own inability to exploit that talents that are already there. And of course, personal likes and dislikes of people inhibit a pastor from being too successful. My pastor very seldom has asked anything of me but I have served in prior churches very successfully in nearly every capacity. |
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---lee on 10/2/05 |
Some pastors are all things to all people as that's the only way things get done. It would be great to delegate many things to associates but in some churches these associates either don't exist or they don't want to know. Call a special meeting at the request of elders and find that only one plus pastor turns up. Invite a special choir to come at request of members and 8 turn up to listen to them out of a congregation of 150, because most wanted to go to watch football. |
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---M.A. on 10/1/05 |
Sissy - your husband being a pastor should work on getting a better position description of his job. If he tries to be all things to all people, he invites criticism and judgment. My current pastor simply works on sermons and leaves most of the administrative work to his associates. |
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---lee on 10/1/05 |
Some pastors work hard to get established in a new church, and then after they feel secure, get lazy and do as little as possible. Of course, they take advantage of the hipe about being overworked. My former pastor was that way and rarely worked more than a 40 hour week. They eventually got rid of him. |
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---lee on 10/1/05 |
One thing that's true regarding "the church" today is that people don't want the truth. They want to be pacified & coddled. There are very few preachers that "tell it like it is" from the pulpit today. That approach ran too many off. I like a pastor who steps on your toes and brings the conviction of the Holy Spirit. Those are the pasors who really get things done for the kingdom. You are right, too many spoiled-brat Christians today, very few Davids or Pauls to be found! |
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---Crystal on 9/30/05 |
I agree with you 100%!! A good pastor is very hard to find and, most generally, are cherished and supported by their "flock." I'm sorry that this has not been true for your husband. The church is definitely not the place for "friendly fire," and I believe (as do you) that the congregation will give an account to God, especially if your husband has been unselfish and genuine in his leadership. What a shame! |
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---Crystal on 9/30/05 |
I AM a Pastor's wife. And I've watched my precious husband go through 12 years of being kicked around by ungrateful spoiled "christians" who remember he's their Pastor only when they want something. He's a man who loves God AND people unconditionally, preaches the word uncompromised and with love, and gets nothing but "slapped in the face" for it. People are going to answer to God one day for the way they've treated good Pastors they are Blessed to have in their lives! |
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---Sissy on 9/30/05 |
Sissy, take a breath! You MUST be a pastor's wife to be so passionate about this subject. Here, let me show you how to answer this question. Why are some pastor's lazy? My answer: Why are other people of other professions lazy? Because people's flesh is generally lazy!! And unfaithful and back-stabbing and lying and cheating and any other sinful thing you can think people are. That's why we have JESUS! |
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---Crystal on 9/30/05 |
and they end up going to a 'church' that has the kind of Pastor YOU'RE talking about- A celebrity that has more money and leisure time than any one person knows what to do with. But it doesn't bother these kinds of people too much. Why should they care how rich he is- he isn't living on their money- CAUSE THEY USUALLY DON'T PAY TITHES ANYWAY. |
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---Sissy on 9/14/05 |
It's a shame and disgrace that these kinds of Pastors work all week like everyone else, spend their evenings running after their congregation for different reasons, spend thier Saturdays being the church maintenance man and janitor, forfieting sleep to pray and study- then half the congregation doesn't show up for church because...they're TIRED?! Then have the audacity to gripe or talk behind his back because things don't go their way. THEN they blame him if the church doesn't grow- and they leave |
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---Sissy on 9/14/05 |
...and they still go to every birthday party, every graduation, every surgery, and birth of every new baby under their care. They sacrifice time with their families to pur what precious few hours they have into studying and praying- and then, they are forgotten on their birthdays and totally ignored during October, National Pastor Appreciation month. We need to take care of our Shepherds, if we are blessed with the kind that has a true shepherds heart. |
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---sissy on 9/13/05 |
...on the other hand, there are a lot of lazy church members too. For every "living large" Pastor out there, there are dozens of Pastors struggling in small churches, who can't get any help from their congregations. They have to work a 40 hr a week job to support their family cause no one is paying tithes, they end up cleaning the church, mowing the yard, and sometimes even sacrificing their meager paychecks just to pay the church bills. |
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---Sissy on 9/13/05 |
I agree with a lot of you that some Pastors are living excessively- there's nothing wrong with living in a nice home, driving a nice car, or having nice things, but a lot of them take it to the extreme. It's easy to tell people in the pews to trust God no matter how bad it gets when you're living in the lap of luxury with not a financial care in the world as if you'd just won the state lotto, BUT........ |
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---sissy on 9/13/05 |
Mike
I to was under a lazy pastor he would recycle his sermons. I work 40 hours at a secualar JOB and also have a fulltime ministry,24/7 I would Love to have 30 hrs a week to prepare a sermon.I concider myself blessed when I get 10 a week to work on a sermon |
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---willow on 9/3/05 |
No there is no part time for this man. He is a full time pastor he just isn't a paid pastor. I see nothing wrong with a paid pastor if he is doing his job like needed to be. My Pastor doesn't want to be a paid pastor. My church we depend on God to meet the church's needs. We don't have hotdog sales, any kind of sales to raise money for anything in our church. Whatever we needed in the past God has always provided. Is it so hard to believe that I have a full time pastor that isn't getting a salary? |
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---Rebecca_D on 9/2/05 |
Rebecca I must assume that you attend a church with a part time voluntary pastor who works elsewhere to earn his living. Many pastors are full time and the church could not be run any other way. Pastors have to eat and clothe their families like everyone else so, unless they are part time with a paid job somewhere else they must be paid for their services. A labourer is worthy of his hire. |
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---Xanthi on 9/2/05 |
I know the the point, I just don't understand why people in the congergation pay the Pastor's salary if he isn't doing his job. My church don't pay our Pastor he has a construction business. But he is available anytime. He doesn't want to be paid, he pays his tithes just like the rest. I think people shouldn't have to pay anyone to do God's work, but that's me. The Pastors I know from different churches aren't paid and their church is growing and the ones that do get paid, their losing people. |
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---Rebecca_D on 9/1/05 |
Rebecca,I believe the point to a paid pastor is to bless a man of GOD so that he can devote more of his time to doing GOD`s work(visiting elderly,hospital visits,funerals,etc.)I am thankful my pastor is availiable 24/7 and is not tied down to a regular job that would hinder his care for his flock......problem is too many take advantage of the freedom and (for lack of better words)get fat and lazy.We need to pray for GOD to open their eyes to their actions for most have on blinders.
LOVE JESUS |
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---co_ach on 9/1/05 |
If a person is called by God to preach/pastor, then God gives them what to preach on. My Pastor can take a scripture and preach 2 hours on that. He would have a message to preach on but sometimes when he gets to church, God gives him something else. I never understood the concept of the church "paying" a preacher to pastor a church. Are they paying him to stay? What is the point? |
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---Rebecca_D on 8/31/05 |
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