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Old 10-01-2008, 07:28 PM
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Pergamum,
I take it from your initial post that you either are a pastor or resent the fact that they have so much "free time." I think the bulk of what pastors do is help people with problems. This is what takes us the bulk of their time, or at least it should. The burnout is from fatigue from giving without adequate time to recharge their batteries. In a church with over 100 people and especially more, the pastor has to put in a lot of work to shepherd that many people.

I know there are plenty of lazy pastors who sit around all day and collect six figure paychecks, I am not referring to these people.
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