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Are We To Give In?
StaffAugust 09, 2010
A recent Op-Ed article in the NY Times brings light to how the consumeristic desires of church congregations can be a significant challenge for pastors to maintain their integrity to their calling of pastoral ministry. Here's an excert from the article:
As a result, pastors are constantly forced to choose, as they work through congregants’ daily wish lists in their e-mail and voice mail, between paths of personal integrity and those that portend greater job security. As religion becomes a consumer experience, the clergy become more unhappy and unhealthy.
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