Another NEWS FLASH for you. Bob is usually working full time selling shoes or in the factory. Main stream Protestant (as opposed to protestant) Including Methodist, Lutheran, Anglican, etc.. are usually full time positions, the rest it seems (to me) it is just a hobby on weekends.
>>Another NEWS FLASH for you. Bob is usually working full time selling shoes or in the factory. Main stream Protestant (as opposed to protestant) Including Methodist, Lutheran, Anglican, etc.. are usually full time positions, the rest it seems (to me) it is just a hobby on weekends.
That’s not a news flash either. Methodists do have part time Licensed Local Pastors, multiple charge pastors, and Certified Lay Ministers—all of whom do not serve a church full-time.
But you are right about Bob. If Bob opened his storefront church to get rich, then he probably will quit the factory to grow his new business. If he felt a calling to be a pastor, then he might stay at the factory so as not to be a drain on his church’s resources. In fact, he may put a sizable amount of his factory income into the church.
I guess you would condemn St. Paul then, because he waited tables and fixed tents so as not to be a burden to those he was ministering unto? I've known some pastors who were more sold out for Christ, on fire to preach the gospel, servant-hearted to ALL the congregation while also holding a full time job in the secular world than some full time pastors of other churches who got a salary, home, car, etc., paid in full and it was their ONLY responsibility. Be careful how you judge others.