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OK, we’ve heard both sides of the issue that surfaces

with regularity: 

Are we heading toward a shortage of professional church workers? Some say “No, we can’t seem to place the graduates we have now. “ Others say, “Yes, the average age of our church workers is advancing to the point where large-scale retirements will soon have a significant impact on our churches.”

The perennial question.

Just fill out this form to download The What a Way Case Document for recruiting and retaining ministers.

In some ways, I wonder if we are asking the wrong question.  This isn’t ultimately about The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and its staffing needs – as if the Synod is the primary focus.

Listen to L. Dean Hempelmann present this situation.