Description
This video helps congregations understand the reasons for and the challenges and advantages of having a bivocational pastor. An episode of PBS Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, the video aims to provide insight and multiple perspectives on the work of bivocational pastors. Focusing on Baptist congregations in rural Tennessee, the video shares the perspectives of bivocational pastors, their wives, and members of their congregations as well as Ray Gilder, the National Coordinator of the Bivocational and Small Church Leadership Network for the Tennessee Baptist Convention.
Features
- 8 minutes
- Closed captions
- Playback speed control
Practical Applications
- Watch this video to understand how having a bivocational leader impacts a congregation to explore whether this option could help your congregation respond to decreasing membership or other challenges.
- Gain insight into the role of a bivocational pastor by discovering why bivocational pastors maintain their existing careers while pursuing ministry later in life and how that impacts their families.
