
Practical Resources for Churches webinar | April 1, 2025
How The Side Hustle Is Changing The Face Of Pastoring
with Karl Vaters
- A way to make money in addition to your primary vocation
New realities need new structures
Pastors: Change expectations about primary income source(s)
Congregations: Learn to adjust pastoral expectations
Church Staffing: Think more creatively about pastoral schedules
Denominations: Support Bivo/Covo as normative
Seminaries: Train future pastors for a side-hustle culture
Conference Organizers: Include covocational training for current pastors
Theologians: Study Bivo/Covo in the early church
Church Planters: See covocationality as a strategic option
Everyone: Embrace it, or lose it
Strategic Side-Hustle Partners


The Church Lobby Podcast
Conversations on Faith & Ministry
Every two weeks Karl interviews a church leader about the topics that concern pastors, especially those who minister in a small church context.
Most of our real-life conversations about faith and ministry happen in church lobbies, both as a congregation and pastor-to-pastor. In The Church Lobby podcast, that’s what we do.
Available on all major platforms, including:
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