by Siu Fung Wu
Misconceptions about
"bi-vocational" pastors
Increasingly pastors find themselves having to work part-time in a secular profession. They have to do so either for financial reasons or by choice. Unfortunately these "bi-vocational" pastors are sometimes – but not always – considered as "secondary citizens" among "full time" pastors. Why is that so? READ MORE.
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The Bivocational Pastors -Home Page One call Double Blessed
Who Are They?
Bivocational pastors are those called by God to pastor Christ's churches while working at other non-church jobs for primary financial support.
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Every morning, Donnie Berry is given a wake-up call when George, his gray and white cat, taps him on the head.
“He came into my yard as a kitten and I just took him in,” says Berry. “When he wakes me up, that’s my reminder to pray to the Lord for opportunities to help people that day.” READ MORE.
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Download the 2007 Mid-Continent Bivocation Conference Brochure
By Norm Miller
Mar 15, 2005
Welch, who was among the featured speakers during March 11-12 gathering, noted that a bivocational pastor will preach during the June 21-22 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Nashville.
“[If] we are going to evangelize America,” Welch said, “it will not be without the crucial efforts of all our bivocational pastors.” READ MORE
From Focus on the Family:
Should I Become a Bi-Vocational Pastor?
Joe is a typical bi-vocational pastor, one of 106 pastors from four mainline denominations that were part of a survey.1 He has a job as an accountant as well as his pastorate, working a total of about 55 hours a week. In addition to earning his bachelor's degree, he is also a seminary graduate.
Some of Joe's bi-vocational pastor friends are anticipating the day when they will have full-time positions, but he, like most others, is very happy with his current life and firmly committed to his ministry just as it is. Joe feels that he can better relate to his congregation by having a job outside the church and enjoys the additional area of outreach it provides.
Helpful Tips From Bi-Vocational Pastors
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By John Boyanowski
Pleasant Lake United Methodist Church
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Jesus once said, “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.” (Matthew 6:24).
The story for this passage speaks on the pursuit of wealth overtaking the desire for serving God.
But what happens to the those who truly seek to serve God, enter
into a ministry, and are forced by circumstances to work secular jobs
to sustain themselves and their families? Are they serving two masters? READ MORE.
One of the most famous tentmakers of all time was the Apostle Paul, the human author of two-thirds of the New Testament! In fact, that's where the term "tentmaker" comes from, because he and some of his close friends (Aquila & Priscilla) made tents for a living while they shared the Gospel in their particular context. READ MORE.
Sometimes God's call carries a double meaning. READ MORE.
Dennis W. Bickers: The Tentmaking Pastor: The Joy of Bivocational Ministry
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