• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Religion / Churchs having trouble finding new ministers

Churchs having trouble finding new ministers

August 11, 2001 By admin

Some Iowa churches are seeing a shortage of ministers and few replacements coming along. Betty DeBerg, a religion professor at the University of Northern Iowa, says many denominations are having trouble recruiting new prospective members of the clergy to the seminary. DeBerg says one reason it’s not so lucrative is the low pay.The vast majority of ministers don’t make high salaries, although a few at “elite” churches make good money. DeBerg says people who pursue the ministry aren’t in it to get rich. She compares the ministers to schoolteachers, who require a lot of education, then make low pay.DeBerg says preachers have to also be scholars, counselors, financial wizards, fundraisers, public relations officers and crisis managers. She says ministers face all sorts of pressures — like running good youth programs so parents can feel their kids are “safeguarded” from drugs or sex.She says some help could come if seminaries would hold down costs so students don’t graduate with a huge debt.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Religion

Featured Stories

Testing finds 21 new CWD cases in deer

It may become a crime in Iowa to use fake urine in workplace drug tests

February trending 18 degrees below average temperature

Iowa House Education Committee votes to end tenure at UI, ISU, UNI

Man convicted of two Muscatine County murders dies in prison

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Key stretch begins for #9 Iowa

Drake’s Roman Penn lost for the season

Drake’s DeVries named to Naismith watch list

State wrestling opens with limited attendance

Iowa’s Wieskamp is B1G Player of the Week

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC