Staggering Statistical Errors?
Note: This post is meant too be an add-on to my blog tour review of Turning Controversy into Church Ministry . If you are not reading this because you clicked to it from there, you may not understand what this is about. 2nd Note (Edit): These points are tangential in nature to the main point of the book itself. The rest of the book does not stand or fall with these stats. Also, please note W.P. Campbell's clarifying comments on the full review post. In the lead-up to this blog tour Engaging Church noted some staggering statistics listed in Campbell's book. I did indeed find these statistics staggering. He claims that 80% of pastors would find another job if they could and that 85% of pastors wives are depressed! Really? I found those so staggering as to be unbelievable... so I did some source research. Frankly, I am really hoping that this is all the result of some type error or something, but here goes. So far I ha...