tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55727507006016944.post1204294630408955832..comments2023-11-02T04:25:49.697-07:00Comments on Northwoods Seelsorger: On Finding Pastors to ServeDonald V. Engebretsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13048205066519140869noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55727507006016944.post-46733230592852938222007-12-08T21:12:00.000-08:002007-12-08T21:12:00.000-08:00On reading this article I felt a need to comment o...On reading this article I felt a need to comment on your remarks conerning DELTO and "worker priests". Isnpt that what DELTO was supposed to be in the first place, so-called "worker priests" who were employed while training to serve a congregation? That doesn't seem to be the case. What some congregations are spending in stipends, housing, benefits, and tuition costs, they could certainly afford to call a pastor to serve them. Those in the DELTO program (or whatever acronym they are applying to it this year) are not equipped enough to serve and teach, and yet these congregations are paying enough out as to afford an ordained pastor. I thought that DELTO was for congregations that could not afford a full-time pastor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com