Martha and I met Saturday with one of our Northwest Ministry Network bi-vocational pastors and his wife. It was inspiring to see how God was using this couple.
He works for a mine for his day-job and pastors the church as his avocation. The church has doubled since January and they just had to buy more chairs to accommodate the growth.
I think bi-vocational pastoring will be much more common in the coming years and I admire those who do it well like this couple. May their tribe increase! Many communities will not have a church without missional leaders like this couple.
I also think some of the younger pastors in larger cities will chose to be bi-vocational as part of their missional philosophy and strategy. By being imbedded in the community and working it allows them to intentionally build relationships with people they would never have opportunity to mix with if they were “full-time” pastors.
Those of us in leadership of denominations, districts and networks, will need to adjust when we offer events to be sure these bi-vocational missionaries are not excluded.
The bi-vocational pastors are heroes to me and I want to do all I can to support and encourage them!
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