Let me suggest, though, some other aspects of this challenge facing our church. Much of what appeared in The Outlook seemed to be concentrated on recruitment schemes, debt concerns for seminarians and how to make sure ministers can find suitable housing, all worthy aims, but ones that do not fill in the picture completely.
Congregations have to learn how to behave.
Those days are gone. Many of those attitudes in congregations are gone as well. That is integral to our Reformed theology. People need to make a living wage. Hence, ministers need to buy houses in addition to feeding their families.