AMEN!
Sep 22, 2005 Print This Post
//MOOD: Amening
//ITUNES: You from the album “Monster” by R.E.M.
From The Leadership Blog:
“Many clergy are concerned that pastors do not spend enough years at one church. Only 31 percent believe the average pastor in their denomination stays as senior pastor of a church about the right amount of time. Thirty-three percent believe the average tenure is a little too short, and 26 percent said it is much too short. Only one out of 10 ministers believes pastors tend to stay at the same church for too many years.”
I totally agree with this. A few months ago, I reviewed the book “Breakout Churches” and I remember one of the findings was right in line with this. It said this:
Average tenure of a pastor in the US: 3.6 years
Average tenure of comparison church pastor: 4.2 years
Average tenure of a “breakout” church pastor: 21.6 years
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