Farnsley, Arthur E. II2009-12-082009-12-081998-04http://www.polis.iupui.edu/RUC/Newsletters/Research/default.htmhttps://hdl.handle.net/2450/3630The average Indianapolis pastor is a 50-year-old male. Full-time ministry is usually his second career. He is currently at his fourth ministerial post. These are some of the raw facts that emerge from the initial scan of a database that now includes more than 500 clergy in the city. There is a suggestive similarity between the age of clergy and the age of parishioners. In short: mature adults are over-represented by half in the average congregation we studied. Clergy are older, on average, than other professionals such as teachers. These two facts together do not prove a correlation, but they certainly suggest one.Newsletter