by Angela Jackson | Jul 6, 2017 | Opinion
July marks the beginning of my fifth year as a bivocational minister. Not only do I serve a local church as pastor, but I also work for a graduate theological school. To complicate matters more, my husband works as a bivocational minister in much the same way, as both...
by Angela Jackson | Oct 1, 2015 | Opinion
When folks in ministry circles learn that I serve bivocationally in the contexts of a local church and a theological school, they inevitably ask, “Did you choose bivocational ministry?” Implied in the query perhaps are the assumptions that I was incapable...
by Angela Jackson | Jun 10, 2015 | Opinion
The economic challenges facing future ministers was the topic of conversation during a recent gathering of clergy and laity that I attended. The conversation was both broad and deep, for each person brought unique experience and perspective to the table. As is the...
