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Hill to Die On - Pastor Should Have Non-Church Work Experience (Patreon)

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2025-03-17 10:00:06
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Do you need to work at McDonald’s to become a good pastor? Probably not. But Skye suggests that jumping straight from college to seminary to the pulpit might not be the best path to take for most pastors.

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Bethany Parks

So I agree with parts of this … however, the part about a dual employed pastor (I can’t remember what exactly Skye said) I struggle with. Yes, you should be outside of ministry bubble and out understanding and relating beyond the church walls. But it’s important to not become so busy with your second job or other employment that you completely neglect your pastoral role. I’m currently going to a church with a pastor who doesn’t interact much with his congregation outside of Sunday morning because he is so busy with his other job/jobs. No one who goes to church with him actually knows him or even feels like they can ask to meet with him because he is “so busy all the time” and working “just the longest days”.

Mark Cowsert

Having worked construction/maintenance and in a factory while in college (summers) as well as other manual labor (chopping cotton, de-tasseling corn) and later in higher ed admin and for a design firm, I had a much better idea of the challenges and life balances that our “people in the pew” experienced when I became a full-time vocational pastor. I always made sure to tell them that being “disciples in the marketplace” was the truest work of being salt and light in our world. I also felt even more convicted to handle my role as shepherd and teacher with the sacredness of that privilege. I wanted to make sure to love and serve with humility because I was given the honor of serving as a vocational pastor.

Madysen and Russell

I think pastors should have a marketable skill outside of their ministry emphasis for all the reasons Skye mentioned. PLUS, it can be a viable plan if they ever need to step away from ministry. Maybe, like Skye said, their family life is insane and they need to devote time to that. Maybe there's a sin issue they know they need to deal with. Whatever the situation, many pastors feel trapped because they have no ability to earn a living other than through ministry. So they stay, possibly doing damage to themselves, their family, and/or the church. And that's honestly the best case scenario. Some pastors, knowing they won't be able to make as a good a living doing anything else, do anything it takes to keep their positions, leading to abuse. So yeah, I think they should have real-world work experience either before or during ministry.