Thanks for checking out the Multiply Network webpage! This month we are focusing on bi-vocational planting. Bi-vocational planting is when a church planter works at a job outside of the church to help supplement their income to help cover their overall family expenses. This is a major growing edge in church multiplication in North America and I don’t think it’s going to lose momentum any time soon. We are already experiencing it in our own PAOC family with many of our new planters being bi-vocational. When we look at the landscape of Canada now and in the future, it’s not hard to imagine a day where the majority of our pastors could be bi-vocational. Bi-vocational pastors and planters are incredible when you think of the sacrifice and intentionality this approach requires. This must be a growing church multiplication model for us as a PAOC family if we are serious about reaching Canada. It’s not an easy way to multiply but can be an effective model if done well. So we are taking time to learn how to plant bi-vocationally from pioneers already doing it. We trust you will be inspired and encouraged by the interviews, stories and articles!
Our best days are ahead!
Paul Fraser
Church Multiplication Co-ordinator
Interviews
Interview with Rachael Ernst & Charles Karugu
Gateway Western Campus is a multi-site of Gateway Church in London, Ontario. This new disciple-making community started in September 2017 with co-pastors Charles Karugu and Rachael Ernst on the Gateway University Campus. They are both working bi-vocationally as they lead this new church. Read about their journey in this short interview and celebrate with them the great things God has started in this new church!
Read MoreMultiply Network Podcast
The primary purpose of the Multiply Network is to champion church multiplication because we believe every Canadian must have an access point to the gospel. We want to be an engine that helps drive the vision of church multiplication forward into
new communities, cultures and contexts in Canada! We hope you will be inspired by the stories and resourced by the shared learning.
This month’s episode is with Dave Knudsen from Community Life Church in Port Alberni, British Columbia. Dave and Robin Knudsen planted this church just a few years ago and have worked bi-vocationally from the beginning. In this episode Dave shares what God is doing the church and how he navigates life and ministry in a bi-vocational church planting model. You will be encouraged by the story of Community Life church and the lessons being learned along the way. Check it out in iTunes or Google
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Stories and Videos
Church Multiplication Video from General Conference
Our team put together this great video on Church Multiplication at our General Conference in May. Take a few minutes to check it out by clicking on the link.
Read More5.5 Questions for Jeremy Keys
Pastor Jeremy Keys and his wife, Mathilda, planted a multicultural church called City Mosaic Church six years ago in northeast Calgary. Pastor Jeremy has worked bi-vocationally from the very beginning and has some great thoughts on church planting with this model. We asked Jeremy questions about bi-vocational ministry and the story of City Mosaic.
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Articles and Blogs
Breathe in the Busyness
There’s this app on my watch that reminds me to breathe. I’m not quite sure how to turn the setting off, but a few times a day, I hear this annoyingly soothing little jingle that reminds me it’s time to breathe.
Read More3 Biggest Needs for Church Multiplication
It’s now been 21 years since my last formal education experience. When I graduated from Northwest Bible College (now Vanguard College) and started my first ministry assignment, I remember thinking that my learning was now complete. That thought could not have been further from the truth!
Read MoreRethinking the Missionary Nature of the Church
If we are to understand what it means to be “missional church,” we must consider the importance of understanding the church as a sent, missionary body.
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