Minister's Toolbox

Is Bi-Vocational ministry effective in today's church culture? Is it a viable way for pastors to support their families while doing church ministry? Today, I share some of my experiences working in bi-vocational ministry and offer some constructive ways to navigate this challenge. Here is the free download I offered on the show: Transcript of Today's Show Carpenter, mason, short-order cook, farm hand, teacher’s aide, insurance salesman, ADT home security salesman, Advertising representative, Registered Investment Advisor. What do all these have in common? Me. These are all jobs that I have worked through the years doing bi-vocational ministry. For the uninitiated, bi-vocational ministry (bi-vo for short) is conducting church ministry while working a second job at the same time. You work the second job because either you are a pioneer church-planter with a dream, or your congregation has not reached a point where they can pay you adequately to meet your financial obligations. I have been in both of these world