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Bivocational pastoral ministry: an emerging leadership paradigm for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

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Mentzer, Constance L. Bivocational Pastoral Ministry: an Emerging Leadership Paradigm for the Evangelical Lutheran Church In America. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/99d31c8f-0f5f-4398-b9f6-5fc9a7d993fa.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

M. C. L. Bivocational pastoral ministry: an emerging leadership paradigm for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/99d31c8f-0f5f-4398-b9f6-5fc9a7d993fa

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Mentzer, Constance L. Bivocational Pastoral Ministry: an Emerging Leadership Paradigm for the Evangelical Lutheran Church In America. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/99d31c8f-0f5f-4398-b9f6-5fc9a7d993fa.

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  • The following chapters will expand upon an understanding of bivocational pastoral ministry first through the broader definition of Christian vocation. In Chapter One, I will emphasize vocation as a manifestation of God’s eschatological shalom, a sign of God’s intention to reclaim the whole creation and set into motion a way of living and being which yields to the latter days ushered in by Christ’s death and resurrection…Chapter Two will examine the bivocational pastoral model against the present-day realities of mainline Christian congregational life as it has evolved through the cultural framework of American civil religion. In doing so, the ready will hopefully gain greater insight into how old ministry leadership paradigms have restricted a broader, more inclusive and baptismally faithful rendering of vocation, thereby opening up the possibility of engaging in new paradigms of church leadership. In Chapter Three, you will read the vocational narratives of two bivocational pastors and one licensed lay minister followed by reflection on themes common to each person’s vocational narrative…Finally, in Chapter Four, the topic of how bivocational pastors can be trained in specific ways so that the integrity of office and function for both clergy and laity is enhanced will be taken up, including discussion of vocational formation and educational initiatives within the church to assist in vocational discernment.
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  • 12/18/2025

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