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Post-Christendom and Bi-vocational Ministry

Posted on May 25, 2017January 28, 2021 by ptsblog

  Post-Christendom Ministry Standing in the middle of a field in Burnaby, British Columbia, I could not help but smile. Hundreds of people from our neighborhood—new immigrants, families, elderly, young professionals— streamed into a park for the second annual “Inclusion Festival.” A youth band from a local music school played on a stage and a…

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Bivocational Ministry: Barista, MDiv

Posted on July 18, 2014March 18, 2021 by ptsblog

I came to Pittsburgh from Colorado to get a Master of Divinity. I wanted to be a pastor. But three months after graduation, I was serving espresso in a local café. For the next five years, the 61C Café in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh would be my employer, my community, and my mission…

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