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 Surprise 4:
 How pastors learn to manage time
 When Bill Vest  came to Wildwood Baptist Church  in Englewood, Tennessee, the
church didn't have a budget, constitution, or formal organizational structure.
That lack created a huge amount  of work. "After five years," he says, "we now
have some systems  in place to make decisions,  organize ministry, and fulfill
our vision."
 Vest was  also de facto  construction supervisor on  their church's addition,
pounding nails by  day and doing ministry  by night. "It about  killed me," he
admits.

 Thankfully, the  church recognized  how tired  their pastor was  and released
Vest from all responsibilities except preaching until he feels rejuvenated. "I
think we've  entered a new  stage in the  lifecycle of this  church," he says.
"I've learned  how not to  work. Now  I'm learning how  to work smart,  how to
become a better steward of my life so I can do this for a long, long time."
 The Leadership study showed that most  pastors have had to learn "how to work
smart" through painful  trial and error. More than half  of pastors have never
had any  training in time  management. And more  than one-third  don't use any
type of time-management tool.

 The survey showed that many pastors  desire to learn more about managing time
(see page 88).

 Surprise 5:
 How pastors feel about their work
 Almost two-thirds  of pastors dream occasionally  of a Monday-through-Friday,
eight-to-five job. One  pastor wrote, "Just once I'd like  to have a three-day
weekend to go camping or visit  family like my parishioners do." (The reality,
though, is that  less than one-third of  today's workers have jobs  on a fixed
schedule  of daylight,  weekday  hours, according  to  University  of Maryland
demographer Harriet Presser, and that number may be declining.)

 Still, in spite  of the long hours and  roller-coaster emotional stress, over
80 percent  of pastors feel satisfied  with their current  workload. Even more
striking, an overwhelming  91 percent of pastors feel  satisfied with the kind
of work  they do. That  far exceeds the  64 percent of  American workers (ages
30-49) who can say the same.

 One reason  for the  satisfaction: the flexible  schedule. More than  half of
pastors list "flexibility"  as the number-one benefit  of their work schedule.
For example, Kathryn Moore Newman, assistant  rector of St. Mark's on the Mesa
Episcopal Church in Albuquerque,  appreciates that she has "flexibility around
inflexible responsibilities."

 Being able  to borrow an hour  in the middle  of the day to  attend a child's
classroom party  is a perk not  available to many  professionals. According to
the Bureau  of Labor  Statistics, only  15 percent of  workers in  the private
sector currently have the option of working a "flex" schedule.

 The survey  revealed key differences  between pastors who  feel satisfied and
those who don't.

 The  most satisfied  group of  pastors are  methodical about  taking  care of
themselves and setting  limits. They: limit their work to  from 45 to 50 hours
per    week (rather  than  the  55-hour average)  have  learned  to live  with
unfinished  business use  all of  their annual  vacation (average:  25   days)
consistently take at least one full day off  each week.

 Reull Navarro, pastor of United  International Christian Church in Royal Oak,
Michigan, expresses the satisfaction many pastors feel. He immigrated from the
Philippines in  1980 to work  as a  graphic artist for  a major studio  in Los
Angeles.  "I  loved my  work  and  the chance  to  work  in the  entertainment
industry," he says, "but the greatest  satisfaction of my week came when I led
Bible studies as a lay leader in my church. After a while, I had to decide, Do
I want to invest my life entertaining people, or enlightening people about the
life-changing message of Christ?
 "As  a church  planter, I  work  far more  hours for  far less  pay.  But the
compensation comes  in seeing  that the gospel  really does change  lives. You
can't put a price tag on that. This is about eternity."

 Ed Rowell is associate editor of Leadership.


 Copyright(c)  1998  by  the  author  or Christianity  Today,  Inc./Leadership
Journal.

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