Posted on 09/14/2010 3:35:34 PM PDT by 0beron
The Protestant Church has secondary growth concerns: The number of students for Evangelical Theology is in decline since the beginning of the nineties.
[Die Zeit: Online] 10-15 years it will still go well, then however, Germany will be threatened by a shortage of ministers, fear the Union of Evangelical Pastors and Pastoresses. The number of young men, who want to be Pastor, has been declining for years: 1992 still had 8500 young people studying for the ministry, at the present there are only 2300, said Union President Klaus Weber. From 2020 on the Pastor-boom will fall into silence.
Not only is the number of candidates sinking, but simultaneously the number of members of the Evangelical church as well. These were estimated by 2030 to be a quarter of what they are today, said Weber. For this reason Pastor's positions are being closed. Already is a Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Pastor responsible for a dozen communities. The all-important personal contact is broken down. The church relies more on volunteers to hold its divine services.
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Pastoresses?
Oh, dear.
Yep.
Hmm —
Our pastoral opening here in Virginia had 100 qualified applicants for 1 job.
Maybe we could export some . . .
It would be tough to improve on your comment.
If only they were allowed to get married.
Maybe they should let women sign up too, then all their problems will go away.
Yes, I’m sure that would fix it. And ordain homosexuals, too.
They should also do away with all of that mysticism and get serious about social justice.
And emphasize showing tolerance for Islam. That’s what Jesus would have done, if he really existed, of course.
Europe has become a mission field. Catholic, evangelical, or what-have-you, post-Christian Europe is a mission field. We need to start sending our fire-breathers to bring Europe back into the fold.
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