The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the January employment situation report. Unemployment dropped from 5.0 percent in December to 4.9 percent in January. The month-to-month change in private employment fell to 158,000 from 251,000 in December. Similarly, the month-to-month change in total non-farm employment fell to 151,000 workers (a drop of 111,000 jobs). The report was viewed as disappointing by most.
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Gal. 6:2).
Few individuals can regularly attend church without hearing the apostle Paul’s mandate regarding one another’s burden, but it is often difficult to know how to carry out that mandate in the multitude of challenges facing Christians in today’s world.
Seventy four percent of large churches offer formal internships or residencies for promising lay leaders or pastors-in-training, according to Leadership Network.
Seventy four percent of large churches offer formal internships or residencies for promising lay leaders or pastors-in-training, according to Leadership Network. A recent national study of church internships and residencies, perhaps the largest ever, looks inside the leader training process of more than 300 churches and summarizes the findings in a just-released, richly illustrated report, “Leaders in Training: Internships and Residencies Help Churches Shape Future Leaders,” sponsored by Southeastern University (SEU.edu). The project was overseen and authored by Warren Bird, Ph.D., director of research for Leadership Network.
“Looking for churches w/ effective (older) pastors, moving out of sr pastor role, into some broader role, but staying on staff. Any examples?”
Almost half of the background checks requested by churches through LifeWay’s program with backgroundchecks.com reveals some type of criminal offense.
