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[Matthias]

That's interesting. I thought you were a pastor...but of course, you can work a secular job and be a pastor as well. Did you work for the police lab or what?

I’m a retired pastor. I declined to accept a salary and benefits that pastors typically receive and supported myself and my family with a salary and benefits that came from working as a civil servant / environmental engineer. I worked occasionally with police labs but never for them. I investigated crimes and suspected crimes for various state government environmental protection agencies.

Mine was, as you suggested, a bi-vocational life / career.

 

[Debp]

I’m a retired pastor. I declined to accept a salary and benefits that pastors typically receive and supported myself and my family with a salary and benefits that came from working as a civil servant/ environmental engineer. I worked occasionally with police labs but never for them. I investigated crimes and suspected crimes for state government environmental agencies.

Mine was, as you suggested, a bi-vocational life / career.

That is commendable for you to support yourself and your family rather than taking money and benefits from the church people.

 

[Matthias]

That is commendable for you to support yourself and your family rather than taking money and benefits from the church people.

That’s very kind of you to say. The congregation I pastored was small. I was blessed to be in a position where I would have declined financial compensation if it had been large, but the ability of the small congregation wouldn’t have been enough in any case to adequately provide what I needed to support myself and my family.

I don’t have an issue with pastors being financially compensated for their labor by the people in their care. It just happened to be a perfect fit for me and a perfect fit for the congregation I served.

 

[talons]

Bogart & Bacall , "To Have and Have Not "

 

[talons]

" The Maltese Falcon " Bogart again .

 

[talons]

"Rebel Without a Cause " James Dean