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77 PASTORAL CALLING AND OVERALL JOB SATISFACTION Pastors were also asked how long they had been in their current ministry position. The age ranges, total career ranges, and current position tenure range present a population that spans multiple generations and career experiences. Figure 3 displays the current position tenure of participants. An analysis of the mean scores for each of the instruments indicated an overall high presence of calling (M = 9.22, SD = 1.17), a low search for a calling (M = 2.82, SD = 1.74), a high living a calling (M = 33.06, SD = 5.11), and high job satisfaction (M = 49.22, SD = 6.75). Multiple regression analysis was employed to help determine if calling is a significant predictor of job satisfaction among pastors. The rela-

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