Be-Aware...Parsonage For Sale (CLM 501)

Wed, 8 Oct 1997

At 01:01 AM 10/7/97 +1000, you wrote: 
>Clergy/Leaders' Mail-list No. 501
>
>Be-Aware: Parsonage For Sale
>
>One of the most frequent *but unknown* content issues in conflict is 
>the sale of the parsonage.

To add a word, it is not always wise to sell the parsonage.  In a
market where homes sell quickly, it is a good idea for the Pastor to
own his own home, but in more than half the markets where churches
own parsonages it would take more than a year for the pastor to sell
a home if he moves.

Joseph P. Smith						
Oak Hills Fellowship
Director, Church Ministries Department			  	1600 Oak Hills Road SW
e-mail jsmith@northernnet.com				Bemidji, MN 56601
URL: http://www.digitmaster.com/hp/ohf/church/			218-751-8670
(personal page below)
URL: http://www.northernnet.com/jsmith/
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