'Pastoring the Unemployed' by an Unemployed Pastor
I recently marked ten years of pastoring my church -- a wonderful group of Christ followers in the heart of North Florida. However, because of our small size and limited finances, the church does not give me a paycheck. They do generously pay for my health insurance and have provided other benefits over the years, but the foundation of my income comes from my other job -- teaching high school. For the past six years, I have taught history, English, music, computers, Bible, and any other topic that the Christian schools needed me to teach.
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From Under the Bridge to ONE HOPE Intern
My name is Mark, as you guys know. I was born in DC. I grew up and lived in Havre de Grace around high school. Growing up in church, my mom was very religious. We had Sunday School and church every Sunday. They preached the Gospel, but at the time I didn't get it.
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Carde's Story
I met Joel in 2010 and for a few years he led a ministry called God and Hip Hop and shared the Gospel with me. For a long time, I resisted. Finally, in 2014, after my dad passed, I made a profession of faith and was baptized in February, 2015. After the Baltimore uprising in April of that year, however, I began to slowly rethink some things and by the end of 2015, I had given up the faith and went back to the streets.
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