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Over at Young Clergy, I stumbled on this little gem which aptly describes why we need culture change in the church for a new generation of clergy to be welcomed, nurutured, and sustained:
I am finding out time and time again that we do not have a welcoming culture, but a culture that says it is your job to become one of us. Do the paperwork in a timely matter and that proves your worth. Do this and do that and that will show you care enough…
I have learned that a call for a pastor should not be a call to “come be one of us, do what we want you to do.” No, no, no. The call comes from God and invites us to go be agents of change, renewal, and vision.
It seems that our Church culture has not embraced this movement yet.
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