A story on clergy salaries said, in speaking of the salaries, that half of the clergymen included in that category only minister part time. How may I ask is that possible? Through the 48 years I have ministered, I have been pastor of small membership churches not having preaching every Sunday. That in itself did not mean I was even only part time. Having been both an active “full time pastor” and “part time,” as the category mentioned, I never felt I was only part time. Even while pastor of churches having only one or two preaching services a month and often being as much as 200 miles away from the church “field,” I was still the pastor. Death, sickness, accidents and problems were never counted as part time or only on certain days and times. A pastor is a pastor, whether he lives a great distance away and only “preaches” once or twice a month does not make him part time.
In the Lord’s work it is not on the clock. It’s never ending. At least to those of us who count ourselves as God’s children and His ministers.
L. Maynard McGinty
Lanett, Ala.
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