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We're all 'specialty ministers' now

The intersection of traditional congregations and entrepreneurial ministers

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Fr. Cathie Caimano
Oct 04, 2024
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There’s two facts about today’s church that roll around in my head pretty much constantly:

More and more congregations are struggling to find (and afford) clergy leadership.

More and more ministers - lay and ordained - feel called to serve ministry outside of the traditional congregational context.

These two facts are interrelated, of course: clergy and l…

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