A career change for pastors often leads to an expanded ministry

I wouldn't call this Leaving the ministry

Leaving the ministry? I believe it is more like expanding ministry!

When I started a new career as a hospice chaplain, I had just made a pastoral visit to a dying patient, a resident in a skilled nursing facility.

As a hospice chaplain, SNF's (skilled nursing facilities) are known for many sounds and smells, but the sound I heard that day was angelic, if I had to choose a descriptive word.

Who was singing? WOW, what a great voice! And the masterful strumming of his guitar was a step above many I have heard. I confess I was amazed at his talent. . . OK, if I'm confessing, I was envious of his musical talent to master the guitar.

Musical Skills, Guitar, Loving Heart Equals Pastoral Care

It was then that his lyrical tenor voice captured the attention of everyone there as he sang "Danny Boy".

Tears were streaming down her face and when he finished his personalized concert, she asked, "How did you know my boy's name was Danny?" (She wasn't the only one moved to tears that day.) Yes, it was a a very moving way to provide pastoral care.

He then came to the nurses station where I was charting. I introduced myself to him and discovered he too was a hospice chaplain (with another hospice). I thanked him for singing and we both went on our way.

What Comprises A Career Change For Pastors?

Had he been a music pastor at one time? Perhaps he had been a victim of "worship wars" many churches experience these days. (That's when church folk fight over the type of music sung in their church services.)

Maybe he too was told by some that he was "leaving the ministry" when he chose a chaplain career and became a hospice chaplain.

I can imagine that some may even have said he was wasting his talent. But in my opinion, he didn't leave ministry (in making this career change for pastors), he expanded it!

By the way, if you are a mismatched or misplaced music pastor seeking another position, a better approach to find a music ministry job would be ChurchStaffing.com

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For more information how you too could expand your ministry go to Website Reference Center for Churches and Ministries Yes, there are many ministry careers that are outside what is considered a typical church career.

As a heath care chaplain, my ministry is far wider than I ever could have imagined. But it is through my internet website ministry that I reach thousands each month!

That is the purpose of this website -- to share how a career change for pastors is a way to expand ministry, which is far different than leaving ministry.

Your Career Change As A Pastor

In these tough financial times many pastors find themselves becoming what is call the bi-vocational pastor. My wife, listening to Christian radio on her way home from work, heard a report that because pastors seeking jobs outside the church world are working secular jobs, they are influencing more people for Christ than when just employed in what I call Pastor jobs.

There are exciting stories of career change by pastors who have taken their ministry to the streets, infiltrating their world in what is often referred to as a a secular job.

Once a pastor has defined purpose, fulfilling that God given purpose can be done in almost any career where hurting people are encountered.

Online College Courses For Retooling Your Skills For Employment

Did you realize there are also non accredited university level course available online that offer online earning opportunities?

I have discovered that learning how to build websites to be a lucrative way for pastors to create an income stream to supplement their pastor salary.

If you as a pastor need to increase your pastor salary, a great way to learn to harness the internet earning potential, check out SBI! eLearning.

SBI! eLearning teaches you how to start and build a thriving online venture based on something you know and love.

Learn how to organize your entrepreneurial ideas into a concrete online business.

SBI! eLearning is perfect for pastors learning about the Web as an income source.

Why not attend an online college level course that lets you graduate with a real business and a clear road map to grow it as large and as profitable as you want. All from the comfort of your home.

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