tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post995222894107893553..comments2023-10-03T10:53:51.102-04:00Comments on Next Generation Evangelistic Network: Rethinking Bivocational MinistryDr. Terry Dorsetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964444127928103488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-90531404828433669862014-01-23T19:34:43.920-05:002014-01-23T19:34:43.920-05:00If you want to really be looked down on, try being...If you want to really be looked down on, try being a bi-vocational intentional interim pastor, or as a good friend once put it "part-time interrupting pastor". During my 4-year stay as interim at one church, I was not allowed to vote for my church in associational meetings. This, of course, was not true of the "permanent" pastors who spent a year or two at other churches in the association before moving "up and out".<br /><br />While my peers may have lacked tact at times, the members of the churches I served always showed their appreciation. That is the only thing short of "Well done" before the Bema Seat that matters.Brad Blissettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-63149496103411220042014-01-22T19:46:26.042-05:002014-01-22T19:46:26.042-05:00Kenny,
Glad you will be able to use this to encour...Kenny,<br />Glad you will be able to use this to encourage men in your area. Blessings!Terry W. Dorsetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00853614918122167720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-50303053105427561172014-01-22T19:46:00.469-05:002014-01-22T19:46:00.469-05:00Thanks for your kind words Mike.Thanks for your kind words Mike.Terry W. Dorsetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00853614918122167720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-37240236025671031232014-01-22T14:22:15.089-05:002014-01-22T14:22:15.089-05:00This is the very subject that I'll be passing ...This is the very subject that I'll be passing along the testimony of a "homegrown bivocational"(his own self-description) in my February "Back at the Barn" article for directors of missions, assonciational missionaries, and church planter catalysts for the SBC Bivocational/Smaller Church Leadership Network. You can see it at www.bivosmallchurch.net . Thank you, Terry, for your continued advocacy for us smaller-church guys!Kenny Heathhttp://wbamd.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-21101257682161703772014-01-22T12:26:19.045-05:002014-01-22T12:26:19.045-05:00A good word that needs to be said again & agai...A good word that needs to be said again & again! . . . Great job Terry . . . Mike Becknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16067592091028426893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-33069145349024947402014-01-22T02:17:28.844-05:002014-01-22T02:17:28.844-05:00Something that perpetuates this is the idea among ...Something that perpetuates this is the idea among churches that bivocational experience is less experience than fully funded experience. Mark Mitchellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-53014415094939449892014-01-21T14:23:06.453-05:002014-01-21T14:23:06.453-05:00Good article and true!Good article and true!Paul Livelynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-32091319845632838542014-01-21T14:20:58.600-05:002014-01-21T14:20:58.600-05:00Betty,
You would be surprised how some people trea...Betty,<br />You would be surprised how some people treat pastors who are not fully-funded. It is especially bad for pastors who do not have a formal theological education. Keep praying for such pastors.Terry W. Dorsetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00853614918122167720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2134143779763240356.post-23657428405417737592014-01-21T14:19:48.864-05:002014-01-21T14:19:48.864-05:00I did not realize people had these attitudes. Than...I did not realize people had these attitudes. Thank you for writing this. The pastors who have second jobs deserve our respect and prayers.Betty Hoffhttps://www.facebook.com/betty.hoff.7393noreply@blogger.com