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Topic: Church Staffing

June 18, 2009

Mark Chaves: Has your WHOLE staff been to seminary?

It is still the norm for head and associate pastors at large churches to be seminary-trained. But not their "specialist" ministers.

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June 26, 2009

Mark Chaves: Seminary training by tradition

If there are more congregations hiring staff without seminary training, it's not because they devalue learning. It's because seminary-trained people are more expensive.

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January 18, 2010

Tom Arthur: Can a pastor be friends with her or his staff?

Instead of stewardship of resources perhaps we should think of ourselves as friends of the poor. But is it possible even to be friends with those who work “under” us?

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