Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Church and Workers

Home
Careers, Workplace and Religion
The church–an employment agency?

The church–an employment agency?

Last updated on: April 26, 2014 at 12:00 am by Patheos Faith and Work Channel

The church–an employment agency? 2014-04-15T00:58:05+00:00 Patheos Faith and Work Channel

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

Over at FaithWalkers here on Patheos, David Spickard asks an interesting question:

What if we spent the same amount of time, effort, and resources helping a man or woman find and keep a job as we do handing out clothes on a Saturday morning? What would that do?

In America alone, there are roughly 350,000 local church congregations. Most embrace and respond to God’s call for the Church to care for the poor. Very few help the poor find a job. But shouldn’t that be at the top of the list?

Read more here. Is there something your church could do in this area?

Previous Post

April 22, 2014

Relationships and generational poverty

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Conferences Local Church

Select a Month April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

Who was Moses' brother?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Eleazar Aaron Caleb Joshua

Related posts from Church and Workers

What would God's March Madness look like?

Church and Workers

Relationships and generational poverty

Church and Workers

Engaging the culture

Church and Workers

Tents, culture, gospel: A post from a Kern...

Church and Workers

TRENDING AT PATHEOS Careers, Workplace and Religion

St. Francis in Our Time

St. Francis by Bill Droel Pope Leo XIV declares 2026 as “Year...

What Is True Catholic Faith?

Catholics are schooled in the faith by memorizing dogmatic points and lots...

The Good News of Our Human Limitations -...

After another day of trying to meet deadlines and working on projects,...

Quiet Holy Attentiveness (podcast) with Sarah Clarkson

We know that quiet is an essential aspect of the spiritual life,...

Every Vocation Everywhere All At Once

What is a vocation? How does it endure through the years? Can...

Billy and Taylor

I promise this is not going to become a Taylor Swift Studies...

view all Careers, Workplace and Religion blogs

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Copyright 2008-2026, Patheos. All rights reserved.

Subscription Support Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In

Follow Patheos