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In Support of Pastors

Posted on January 18, 2019January 25, 2021 by ptsblog

  When I was coming through seminary, I heard a few distinct messages loud and clear: “There won’t be a church job for you when you graduate, so don’t expect to find one.” “Don’t worry too much about understanding budgets, your church will have a financial secretary to help you with that.” “Taking on some…

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