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LCMS Convention Workbook St. Louis, Missouri — 2013, Page 433

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Number
% of Total

The tables below contain the data received with 154 of the current 157 SMP students responding:

Initial attempts to categorize the types of service being rendered by SMP students resulted in more than a dozen
categories, some with only one student identified. While the details of each student’s service is unique, an
attempt was made in March 2012 through the survey below to categorize students in more general categories,
both in terms of their types of service and in terms of the full-time or part-time nature of their service. While
such an effort admittedly fails to recognize many unique aspects to each student’s service, it does result in
providing a helpful overall understanding of the types of service offered by the students, as well as the service
they anticipate providing in the future.

Enrollment History: Types of Service

8

24

10

37

15

Sole	
  pastor	
  (or	
  vicar)	
  providing	
  Word	
  and	
  Sacrament	
  ministry	
  in	
  an	
  established	
  
site	
  that	
  is	
  economically	
  challenged	
  (e.g.,	
  few	
  people,	
  remote	
  location,	
  etc.)	
  and	
  
cannot	
  support	
  a	
  “general	
  pastor”	
  (e.g.,	
  with	
  M.Div.	
  degree	
  or	
  Alt.	
  Rte.	
  
certification)
Sole	
  pastor	
  (or	
  vicar)	
  working	
  as	
  mission	
  developer	
  or	
  church	
  planter	
  (not	
  working	
  
from	
  the	
  context	
  of	
  a	
  multi-‐pastor	
  church)

SMP-‐exclusively	
  (not	
  in	
  a	
  paid	
  position	
  in	
  another	
  setting	
  in	
  addition	
  to	
  
SMP	
  service)	
  

Bi-‐vocational	
  (working	
  in	
  a	
  paid	
  position	
  in	
  another	
  setting	
  in	
  addition	
  to	
  
my	
  SMP	
  service)	
  

Student Cost

	
  

53	
  

47	
  

104	
  

50	
  

68	
  

32	
  

4) Please	
  indicate	
  which	
  of	
  the	
  following	
  descriptions	
  most	
  accurately	
  reflects	
  your	
  future	
  service:	
  
Number	
  
%	
  of	
  Total	
  

81	
  

SMP-‐exclusively	
  (not	
  in	
  a	
  paid	
  position	
  in	
  another	
  setting	
  in	
  addition	
  to	
  
SMP	
  service)	
  

	
  

72	
  

Bi-‐vocational	
  (working	
  in	
  a	
  paid	
  position	
  in	
  another	
  setting	
  in	
  addition	
  to	
  
my	
  SMP	
  service)	
  

	
  

3) 	
  Please	
  indicate	
  which	
  of	
  the	
  following	
  descriptions	
  most	
  accurately	
  reflects	
  your	
  current	
  service:	
  
Number	
  
%	
  of	
  Total	
  

13

20

Staff	
  pastor	
  (or	
  vicar)	
  in	
  a	
  multi-‐pastor	
  church	
  working	
  primarily	
  externally	
  (e.g.,	
  
mission	
  developer,	
  church	
  planter,	
  etc.)

	
  

53

82

65

2) Please	
  indicate	
  which	
  of	
  the	
  following	
  descriptions	
  most	
  accurately	
  reflects	
  your	
  future	
  service:	
  
Number
% of Total

13

Staff	
  pastor	
  (or	
  vicar)	
  in	
  a	
  multi-‐pastor	
  church	
  working	
  primarily	
  internally	
  (e.g.,	
  
youth,	
  music,	
  education,	
  evangelism,	
  or	
  a	
  satellite	
  site	
  of	
  the	
  congregation,	
  etc.)	
  

	
  

	
  

Sole	
  pastor	
  (or	
  vicar)	
  working	
  as	
  mission	
  developer	
  or	
  church	
  planter	
  (not	
  working	
  
from	
  the	
  context	
  of	
  a	
  multi-‐pastor	
  church)

Specific Ministry Pastor (SMP) Task Force
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