Pitchin' tents: tent-makers, farmer-preachers, teacher-preachers, and slave exhorters: a narrative pastoral model of nurture and care for the bivocational minister

Charles Edward Collins

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Pitchin' tents: tent-makers, farmer-preachers, teacher-preachers, and slave exhorters: a narrative pastoral model of nurture and care for the bivocational minister

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Charles Edward Collins. Pitchin' Tents: Tent-makers, Farmer-preachers, Teacher-preachers, and Slave Exhorters: a Narrative Pastoral Model of Nurture and Care for the Bivocational Minister. Wesley Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/7ba44733-e802-4bc4-a6de-b04fcc4b9cb3.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

C. E. Collins. Pitchin' tents: tent-makers, farmer-preachers, teacher-preachers, and slave exhorters: a narrative pastoral model of nurture and care for the bivocational minister. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/7ba44733-e802-4bc4-a6de-b04fcc4b9cb3

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Charles Edward Collins. Pitchin' Tents: Tent-Makers, Farmer-Preachers, Teacher-Preachers, and Slave Exhorters: a Narrative Pastoral Model of Nurture and Care for the Bivocational Minister. Wesley Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/7ba44733-e802-4bc4-a6de-b04fcc4b9cb3.

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Charles Edward Collins

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Abstract

History proves that working clergy or what would be considered modern day bivocational ministers have existed for as long as men and women have been commissioned by God to serve. In many faith communities, these types of clerics have been preferred because of their resemblance to everyday people. The purpose of this project is to reframe or present differently definitions of what bivocational clergy and ministries look like through analysis of denominational and local church statistical data, archival documents, and participant interviews. Through this study the author challenged they current common definitions of what it means and looks like to be bivocational; suggesting that these definitions complicate the possibility of developing sustained, healthy, whole and holistic ministries because they ultimately cheapen the value of ministry. By offering alternative perspectives the author aims to stretch the scope and refine the meaning of being bivocational.

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