Ep. 13 - Volunteering? Really, church...you should pay your workers.

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Dear God, What the Hell?!

33 episodes

4 days ago

A podcast from two women who who grew up in the evangelical church and slowly realized it (kind of) messed us up! Tune in to hear our stories from growing up in church and Christian culture as well as the recommendations we have for how the American Christian church can improve to become more loving, welcoming and helpful. New episodes are released early each Friday morning.

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Ep. 13 - Volunteering? Really, church...you should pay your workers.

Dear God, What the Hell?!

59 minutes 55 seconds

4 years ago

Ep. 13 - Volunteering? Really, church...you should pay your workers.

Welcome to (lucky) episode 13 of Dear God, What the Hell?! We hope you ate all you wanted/needed to yesterday and are blessed with only the stretchiest of waistbands today.

This week Amanda and Christina have a brazen discussion about volunteering (which often felt like volun-told-ing), mission trips (helllllo white supremacy and white savior complex), and underpaid positions within churches (can you say, "Let's unionize church staff?"). We'll give you a hint, social acceptance and avoidance were two of the major reasons Amanda and Christina each volunteered in the children's ministry when they were in high school.

Amanda dives into a rant (as usual) about the importance of churches and church-adjacent ministries (looking at you, summer camp) treating their workers with respect and paying their workers fairly rather than manipulating them into overlooking safety by overworking their bodies and minds in the name of "ministry," and Christina talks about her experiences on mission trips as a teenager.

This week, Amanda recommends "Do Better Younglife” (again) and the documentary "Jesus Camp." Christina also recommends a documentary series called "The Vow" on HBO.

As always, thank you for listening. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and subscribe wherever podcasts are found! You can also follow us on Instagram and Twitter at @deargodwth. Stay tuned for a special guest on next Friday's episode, 5 a.m. EST/2 a.m. PST!