Financial Models for Churches

Another approach for churches that are both cash challenged along with closed/shrinking networks is to consider co-vocational pastoring. Previously, the term bi-vocational was used to describe a pastor who worked a secular job outside the church. The implication was that this was not the pastor’s vocational preference, and this was simply temporary until the church could afford a full salary. Once the church could afford a full salary, however, then the pastor would leave their secular job and work full-time for the church. The term ‘co-vocational’ challenges these assumptions.