The global spread of business principles created a new way of perceiving life, mainly consisting of profitability dynamics, leadership ideas, and applying different types of management to common concepts. These changes partially affected the religious system, among other areas of life. Although the interpretation of beliefs and actions taken out of this interpretation is individual for each person, a certain pattern of economic influence on pastors’ identification occurred in America.
The idea of pastors regarding themselves in administrative roles is ambiguous. On the one hand, leadership empowerment enables a higher religious expression of a person. A narrative of an administrative position within ecclesiastical enterprises contributes to the feeling of a closer and deeper connection with the origin of one’s religion. It also highlights the importance of a pastor’s role, which can affect the level of satisfaction from their actions. On the contrary, the economic narrative can undermine the integrity of the concept of religion and mislead pastors into feeling more distant from their beliefs. It can happen in the case of pastors shifting their focus from higher principles and genuine belief to material aspects of life and the concept of profit from their actions, which is often not compatible with religion.
Therefore, pastors’ main role is to stay true to their religion in the context of rapidly changing priorities and narratives in society. Although adjusting to social progress is important to link the contemporary view of life with religious principles, it is equally significant to maintain a conscious comprehension of one’s individual beliefs. Thus, pastors’ perception of their role can definitely be subtly modified by the surrounding circumstances, but a genuine dedication to religion should always remain the same.