Tag: seminary graduates

PCUSA Call Trends, 1994-2011

Apr 4, 2011

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mwkruse

in Christian Life, Ecclesia, Presbyterian Church, USA, Presbyterian Mission Agency (formerly General Assembly Mission Council), Religion, Trends: Social

At last week's General Assembly Mission Council Meeting, we saw a report on call trends in the PCUSA. Here are two graphs from the report. In one discussion, Bill Carl, President of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, said that an increasing number of graduates are not looking for a call to an existing congregation. Instead, they gather…
From clergy shortage to clergy glut

May 7, 2010

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by

mwkruse

in Ecclesia, Presbyterian Church, USA, Religion, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

RNS: From clergy shortage to clergy glut (RNS) After a decade-long clergy shortage in America's pulpits, Christian denominations are now experiencing a clergy glut — with some denominations reporting two ministers for every vacant pulpit. "We have a serious surplus of ministers and candidates seeking calls," said Marcia Myers, director of the vocation office for…