Matthew Todd, Why do many North
American Chinese Churches have a difficulty retaining English Ministry
Clergy? What church leaders can do to
change this? Chinese MB Herald (January 2015).
One of my research findings is the high turnover rate and
short tenure of pastors serving with English language congregations in Chinese
churches.[1]
Although there is a multifaceted
explanation for short clergy stays and resignations, some factors would
also pertain to any church (e.g., insufficient conflict skills, poor self-care,
poor boundaries, getting out of a perpetual assistant pastor position, etc.); I
want to focus on one particular factor – that of being unable to stay in a pastorate for very long living on a meager
remuneration. Remuneration seems to
often be a taboo topic for pastoral staff to properly address... (For more on this article see the above journal article).
[1] Matthew
R S Todd, The Retention of
English-Speaking Adults in Chinese Diaspora Churches Through Empowerment
(Wipf & Stock Publishers: Eugene, OR:
2015).
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