As denominations decline, numbers of unpaid ministers rise
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald (RNS) The 50 members of All Saints Episcopal Church in Hitchcock, Texas, are looking forward to December, when Mark Marmon will be ordained their priest. One reason for the excitement? They won’t have to pay him. A 57-year-old fly fishing guide, Marmon, whose wife is a lawyer, says he doesn’t want or…