In city ministry, the ministers of our Church were known for their extraordinarily long tenures -- a fact which seems hard to explain. In 2011, I worked out that, for the previous 100 years, the average tenure was 14½ years. OBSERVATION: I think the average "out there" is about 4 years. My own tenure was way past average, with more than 20 years over two ministries. The Church's longest-serving minister was my father (pictured), with 25 years.POSTSCRIPT: I should perhaps have said, three ministries through more than 21 years. The same Church called me to plant a Church.
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