Bivocational Pastors
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Bivocational pastors: “Incredible servants of God’
In Christian circles, they are called “tentmakers.” To Florida Baptists, they are known as bivocational pastors.
BCF receives $30,000 for bivocational ministers scholarship
A check for $30,000 for the Baptist College of Florida’s Bivocational Ministers Scholarship fund was presented to BCF President Thomas A. Kinchen in April by Rick Wheeler, executive director-treasurer of the Florida Baptist Financial Services.
Florida convention, BCF create scholarships for bivocational pastors
After arriving in the States from Colombia, Gabriel Vargas was washing dishes in a high-end Ponte Vedra restaurant when “Jesus Christ found me in 2003,” he said. “I was lost, He found me.”
Church blesses, encourages bivocational pastors
Recognizing the hard work that bivocational pastors do day in and day out, a Tallahassee church recently set out to encourage and bless 40 such pastors from their city and surrounding areas.
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