Where your treasure is: financial and emotional over-investment in clergy deployment

Howard W Whitaker

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Where your treasure is: financial and emotional over-investment in clergy deployment

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Howard W Whitaker. Where Your Treasure Is: Financial and Emotional Over-investment In Clergy Deployment. Wesley Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/31ee3bf3-cce6-44f2-a74c-659a955f48ba.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

H. W. Whitaker. Where your treasure is: financial and emotional over-investment in clergy deployment. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/31ee3bf3-cce6-44f2-a74c-659a955f48ba

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Howard W Whitaker. Where Your Treasure Is: Financial and Emotional Over-Investment In Clergy Deployment. Wesley Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/31ee3bf3-cce6-44f2-a74c-659a955f48ba.

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Howard W Whitaker

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Abstract

In the Episcopal Church, small parishes expect to employ a full-time rector. In today's economy a full-time priest serving one altar places severe demands on these congregations. As small churches over-invest financially in clergy deployment they also over-invest emotionally. An atmosphere is created where clergy are expected to over-function to match the high level of investment. The stresses caused by this phenomena are causing clergy 'burn-out' while these small cures are becoming harder to fill. The project/thesis explores the connection between financial over-investment and the emotional expectations to over-function. The project seeks to lower one by lowering the other.

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