tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post4443261262611723555..comments2023-10-03T10:53:51.102-04:00Comments on Next Generation Evangelistic Network: Bivocational Ministry Is NormalDr. Terry Dorsetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964444127928103488noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-9129989119428228892012-03-07T05:53:08.678-05:002012-03-07T05:53:08.678-05:00Todd and David,
Absolutely. I totally agree. I thi...Todd and David,<br />Absolutely. I totally agree. I think we need to shout it from the moutain tops so that every else understands this too!Dr. Terry Dorsetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05964444127928103488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-82427745756657823382012-03-07T05:52:36.721-05:002012-03-07T05:52:36.721-05:00Everybody is full time ministry, even with somethi...Everybody is full time ministry, even with something called a "job". In Christ, there is no separation of the secular from the Sacred, or there shouldn't be!David A. Russellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-54772720428272365022012-03-07T05:52:13.591-05:002012-03-07T05:52:13.591-05:00In my case, bi-vocational means having 2 jobs, not...In my case, bi-vocational means having 2 jobs, not 1/2 time ministry, 1/2 time at a secular job.Todd Goutletnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-78837065826866165352012-03-06T21:41:56.298-05:002012-03-06T21:41:56.298-05:00Mark,
If the church does NOT step up and do some o...Mark,<br />If the church does NOT step up and do some of the tasks, then bivocational pastors are most surely going to burn out. Sadly, most churches do not realize this and pastors much teach the church how to actually function like a normal church. But it can be done. That is what the book, Developing Leadership Teams in the Bivocational Church is all about. Teaching the laity to do what they should have been doing all along anyway.Dr. Terry Dorsetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05964444127928103488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-7651170068268602802012-03-06T19:53:14.930-05:002012-03-06T19:53:14.930-05:00Having been bivo I understand the relfex to avoid ...Having been bivo I understand the relfex to avoid it. Working two jobs is difficult and there is no such thing as a part time job as a pastor. You may only recieve a small salarty that requires you to work another job but the work is still full time in scope. And far to many churches that are that small do not get involved in the workings of the church to ease the load of the pastor. Given all of this a bivo church can be hard on a pastor with a young family. Working two jobs and doing all that needs done in the church will automatically take a pastor away from his family too much. More focus needs to be given to the need for members of small churches to step up to the plate and not task bivo pastors so much.Pastor Mark Mitchellhttp://www.pastormarkmitchell.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-83573991715174616472012-03-06T12:20:06.413-05:002012-03-06T12:20:06.413-05:00YES!!! All pastors are "full-time" but o...YES!!! All pastors are "full-time" but only some are fully-funded by their minisry position. The rest get part of their funding from some other source. We must help young people responding to the call to "full-time" service realize this.Dr. Terry Dorsetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05964444127928103488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-28139875277576941082012-03-06T12:19:08.387-05:002012-03-06T12:19:08.387-05:00I think that when young people feel Gods call on t...I think that when young people feel Gods call on their lives for ministry they hear the call to surrender for full time service and then the perceptions that full time means that we are to be on the field full time, but we Bivocationals are on the field full time as well there have been many times during my work days that I have had the privelege to minister to fellow workers and our phones don't quit ringing jusr because we are at the other job our wives usually answer the phone and relay to us what the need is and with the age of cell phones you are never off the job just may not be able to check on the folks till after work so I dont see us as second class at all.Thomas Echolsnoreply@blogger.com