The Clergy Job Market: What are the opportunities for ministry in the 21st century? An article by Patricia Chang, Assistant Director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life Associate Research Professor of Sociology, Boston College.   One of the chief worries facing seminary students in protestant denominations as they approach graduation is whether […]

A Quick Question What do Lay People Want in Pastors? The quick answer:   A sense of humor and an ability to laugh. The longer answer:  Ask a woman what she wants in a man, and a congregation what it wants in a pastor, and you’ll likely get the same answer: A sense of humor and an […]