Bivocational It has been called the

It has been called the “theological disease” because it affects so much of how we define our humanity: language

lay people or parish study classes of all Christian denominations

" —Dorothy Linthicum

told in his own voice

Bivocational It has been called theBivocational: Returning to the Roots of Ministry offers one answer to the pressing question of the future of congregational life in the mainline Protestant Church. The contention of the book is that the model of professional ministry we have received from the past century of congregational life is imposing unsustainable costs on most congregations and parishes. In consequence, these faith communities face stark choices for which there are no self