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Old 10-02-2008, 11:08 AM
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I think pastors are over-worked simply because what they do is not considered work. Because of this, non-biblical things get continually added to the list of things a pastor is supposed to do... A lot of the duties of the elders and the church itself are unloaded onto the "pack mule" the pastor...
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