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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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Helping Your Staff Transition Through Life Stages

by Rhett Smith on February 26, 2009

When I took my first full-time church job I was as 27 year old single college director. When I resigned I was a 33 year old husband and father of a baby girl. I had no idea what that stage or life transition would look like, and it was a tough one to make in [...]

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Changing Role of the Pastor and Church: From Geography Based to Online Community, and from Top-Down Leader to Facilitator

by Rhett Smith on October 1, 2008

Mark Brown had an interesting post over at Facebook and on his blog, Ministry in the not too distant future. Here is what he says: Seeing this visitor diversity reminded me of the huge shift presently happening in society: moving from relating geographically to relating through networks or interests. This is being driven by the [...]

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What does it mean to be a pastor?

by Rhett Smith on May 1, 2008

My co-worker RO Smith posted some great stuff on our blog Collection of Crumbs last night. We Are All Pastors Here is some of what he says: Without getting into detail, there have been some issues at our church. I know all churches have issues, so that is nothing new. But the issues occurring at [...]

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