Each year, 30% to 40% of United Methodist churches receive new pastors through the process known as “appointment.” Unlike other Protestant churches that “call” their own pastors, United Methodist clergy are “appointed” by a bishop to a church in an…
It seemed like a good idea: Seminarian worships at up to 30 churches in months before first pastorate
William Reilly was in church quite a bit in the months before finishing seminary and becoming a Baptist pastor earlier this year. Normally, that wouldn’t be news. But in Reilly’s case it is because he worshiped at up to 30 different churches September to March. And many of them weren’t Baptist churches.