Staying in the pulpit

[Billx]

Our pastor is 82 years old-60+ years preaching, 45 same church. He mows all the members yards who are in nursing homes, hospital etc. He cracks me up because he runs everywhere he goes. He is the exception to the rule! He said I don't get to stop preaching till I'm dead.

You can not beat a pastor like that.

 

[Billx]

Most Baptist pastors, at least those with a Seminary education, teach and preach what they learned getting their M.Div., which is a three year course of study. After three years they run out of material so they move on to where they can start all over again.

I don't know about that. It took me twenty years to understand what they were trying to teach me and by then I I was getting to old to remember was I was looking for

 

[Pastor Sam]

Most churches in our area don’t want an older Pastor they want a young person who can bring in the youth. If they don’t have school aged children they don’t even consider them. I know a Pastor in a GARBC church who is got children that are foster children to be able to continue to Pastor.

 

[David Kent]

Most churches in our area don’t want an older Pastor they want a young person who can bring in the youth. If they don’t have school aged children they don’t even consider them. I know a Pastor in a GARBC church who is got children that are foster children to be able to continue to Pastor.

As someone who used to foster children, I don't believe anyone would do that.

 

[Pastor Sam]

Most churches in our area don’t want an older Pastor they want a young person who can bring in the youth. If they don’t have school aged children they don’t even consider them. I know a Pastor in a GARBC church who is got children that are foster children to be able to continue to Pastor.

Well, he is older and the church wants a Pastor with children. His are grown so he is fostering children. He has four children he is fostering.

 

[Salty]

Some churches are pretty dogmatic about the pastor having children.