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The last couple of weeks I had several posts on the issue of bivocational pastors/ministry. Two written by me, and one by Jon Sampson. It was a topic that has been on my mind for a while and you can read them below. And to everyone who commented, I’m still getting around to all of [...]

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Why Bivocational? 6 Reasons Why

by Rhett Smith on April 24, 2009

This is a guest post by John Sampson. John is a Residence Director who supports discipleship and missional work for  Oasis Church in Pasadena, CA.  He blogs on church mission, leadership, and life at Jon Sampson. Jon also Twitters at @jonsampson. Rhett’s recent post on bivocational ministry caught my attention. I guess it makes sense. [...]

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Bivocational Pastors Continued: Two Statements

by Rhett Smith on April 22, 2009

I don’t even know where to start. There were such great comments on my post from Monday. When I wrote the post I knew that I wasn’t the only one thinking about this topic, but it was amazing to read some great insights that I had not thought about. A couple of things jumped out [...]

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Bivocational Pastors: Are You One?

by Rhett Smith on April 20, 2009

Recently I have been thinking a lot about the topic of bivocational pastors. When I say bivocational, I mean you are a pastor, but you are not a full-time employed pastor.  Being a pastor is not your full-time vocation. There are lots of reasons I have been thinking on this subject, but I will be [...]

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