Joblessness Hits the Pulpit

May 18th, 2010 11:01 am by olterandy

When Tim Ryan was called to an urgent meeting last year to discuss his duties as children’s minister at West Shore Evangelical Free Church, he knew something was amiss.”This is really hard. I don’t know how I can do this,” said executive pastor John Nesbitt, who helps lead the 2,500 attendee megachurch in Mechanicsburg, Pa. The church, part of the Evangelical Free Church of America, had been growing rapidly but giving was down and well below projections as the recession weighed on members. So Mr. Ryan was losing his job, as was another pastor.

Full article here online.wsj.com

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3 Responses to “Joblessness Hits the Pulpit”

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    ceeagch Says:

    avapui ve

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    darchhunval Says:

    Pathianin a rawngbawl tura a koh leh serhhran tak tak pastorte tan chuan ruaitu hmuh loh reng thu a awm bik em lo vang !.Hun tha a nghak peih te tan a herchhuah tir leh em em ang!.

    Mizoramah ngei pawh hian Theologian kohhrante rawih theih bak tam tak an awm ve tawh tho mai a.Eizawnna chikhat leh Employment ang zawng ngawr ngawr a ngaih palh pawh thil awm thei tho a ni ang em?.

    Pathian rawngbawlna hi hlawh neia pulpit tlang chuang kher lo hian kawng dang a tam thei ve viau bawk si a !

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    benjamin rualthanzauva Says:

    His new job? Carpentry—the biblical profession of Jesus and his father, Joseph.

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