PIGEON FORGE — Pastor Rich Murray of Mountain View Baptist Church in Johnson City is bivocational and proud of it.
“If it worked for (the Apostle) Paul, why wouldn’t it work for me?” he asked.
Murray observed that Paul modeled what it meant to be bivocational. “There is nothing more biblical,” he affirmed. “I believe that to be anything else would be a demotion for me because I’m called to be a bivocational pastor. I have very little doubt about it.”
Not only is he bivocational at Mountain View, so is the entire ministerial staff. The only full-time staff person is Catie Fair, the office administrator. [Read more…]