Remember to pray for all the pastors of small churches that struggle to make ends meet. My father pastored some very small churches when I was growing up and had to work full time as the church was not large enough to support our family. He was a church planter starting over 15 churches. I commend men of God who shepherd small flocks and pay for the privilege of doing so with their own labor outside of the ministry. It takes quite a man to work a full time job and build a church. All churches start out small and there has to be someone who will humbly take it upon themselves to undertake that huge task of serving, as no church when starting out has the finances to support a full time pastor. Currently in the United States approximately 30% of all churches have a pastor working a full time job as the churches cannot financially support him. They are called bivocational ministers. My father was one of those men. He ministered in out-of-the-way places, far from the spotlight. In addition to working a full time job, he preached Sunday morning, Sunday night and Wednesday night. He was the janitor, cleaned the toilets, vacuumed and scrubbed the floors, cleaned the church and mowed the lawn. He pastored and planted churches, took mission trips every year, physically and financially helping to build 10 churches in Mexico and 5 here in the USA. He did all this by working 40-60 hours a week in addition to being a pastor. The Body of Christ is full of men and woman willing to sacrifice. Without them, many small churches would close. Post by Face Book Pastor
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:16:33 +0000
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