Program aids newly ordained ministers: Two-year residencies offer training and support
When Amanda Adams was growing up, she considered a number of professions: doctor, nurse, writer, teacher, psychologist and bareback rider.
She eventually became a Presbyterian minister because it includes all the things she wants. “Ministry,” said Adams, 26, “is an extraordinary balancing act between what we do every day—the mundane paperwork and meetings, sitting at people’s beds when they’re ill—and personal time, time for our own devotions.”