A bi-vocational pastor serves churches or Christian Organizations that cannot compensate a pastor with full-time pay. A bi-vocational (“dual-occupation”) pastor usually shepherding Christian and serves in a congregation that cannot provide a living wage, which forces him to be bi-vocational. Practical concerns, such as putting food on the table, require him to take a second job and serve the congregation or chaplaincy as a bi-vocational pastor.

The bi-vocational pastor is one of the Church’s most unique, gifted, and selfless individuals. They serve churches that can’t compensate them with full-time pay (or they choose to stay in another job to save the church money). They often earn income from other means, like a job in the secular marketplace or private income.

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As a bi-vocational minister from 1993 to 2000 a Street Outreach Worker

(Travailleur de rue)

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As a bi-vocational minister, I was a computer technician from 1998 to 2010

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Until my wife got sick, I had my own computer store. Then I went to work for Stream

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