Odds-n-Ends . Volume 05 | Issue 10

Do You Have a Written Pastor’s Job Description?

From a poll conducted by Rev Magazine (www.onlinerev.com), printed in the November/December 2005 issue:

“Do you have a written pastor’s job description?”

47% No, and I don’t need one.

19% Yes, I have one, but it is more than two years old.

18% Yes, I have one that is less than two years old.

15% No, but I wish I had one.

1% Other

From a statistic on www.webedelic.com, printed in the November/December 2005 issue of Rev Magazine.

“When it comes to how you spend your time as a pastor, how do you stack up?”

14 hours planning and attending meetings and services

13 teaching and preparing sermons

13 other tasks, including long-range planning and evangelism

9 pastoral care and counseling

6 prayer and personal devotions