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10 Reasons Bivocational Ministry Matters

August 16, 2014 Filed under: 2 Comments

By Chuck Lawless “I didn’t come to seminary to be a bivocational minister, to have to get another kind of job,” my student told me. I may not have agreed with my student, but I did understand his thinking. Back then (almost 15 years ago), we weren’t talking much about bivocational ministr … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Preparation, Tentmaking, Vocation Tagged With: bivocational, Chuck Lawless, ministry, tentmaking

10 Reasons NOT To Enter Pastoral Ministry

September 25, 2013 Filed under: 24 Comments

by Jared Moore Certainly the blessings of ministry far outweigh the realities below, yet ministry is definitely not easy. That is why pastoral ministry must be a calling and not simply a "job". If you can't reconcile with these 10 difficult realities and challenges concerning pastoral ministry, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, General, Priest, Vocation Tagged With: ministry, pastoral, reasons, Thom Rainer

Forget Your Talent

February 16, 2013 Filed under: 4 Comments

By Dan Miller Thank you Fr. Wade Fahnestock for bring this to my attention. From 48 Days blog. Okay, here’s a sticky theological question from a reader: Dan, I love to share my faith with others and I seem to have many natural talents, skills and abilities suited for being a minister. However, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Vocation Tagged With: ability, ministry, skills, talent, Vocation

The Staff Of Aaron: The Ministry Of Preaching

July 5, 2011 Filed under: Leave a Comment

by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon Senior Editor of  Touchstone Magazine, and archpriest of All Saints Orthodox Church in Chicago, IL, Fr. Patrick is, perhaps, the most erudite writer in the Orthodox Church in North America today. This article, one of his Pastoral Ponderings, was recently published by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Pastoral, Preaching Tagged With: Aaron, Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon, ministry, Moses, preaching, Rod

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