A struggling economy and a decline in attendance at mainline Protestant churches have created fewer openings for seminary graduates seeking to become full-time pastors. Some are resorting to other means of service or are working at any job they can find. “I was always thinking there\u2019s going to be a job at the end of this,” says Brian Brown, a graduate of the Presbyterian Church in America\u2019s Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis who has worked two part-time jobs to support his family. “That was the hope, and that\u2019s the desire.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"