The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast CNLP 186 | Daniel Im on What's Wrong with Discipleship, False Maturity and Bi-Vocational Ministry
Apr 3, 2018
Daniel M, founder/director of church multiplication at Lifeway and author of No Silver Bullets, draws on church planting and bivocational ministry experience. He explores discipleship as directional growth, contrasts destination-minded programs with intentional systems, and unpacks bivocational realities like time, money, and job choices that protect ministry headspace.
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Choose Jobs That Protect Pastoral Headspace
- Do pick a bivocational job that gives headspace so you can do full-time ministry in half the time.
- Daniel M suggests jobs with fixed hours like garbage truck shifts, pharmacy, Uber or barista work to protect sermon prep and pastoral thinking.
Use Driving Gigs For Evangelistic Mindspace
- Try driving for Uber or Lyft a few hours weekly to create natural evangelism opportunities and pray for your city while working.
- Daniel M shared a 30-minute Uber ride in Montreal that led to a meaningful gospel conversation with a Muslim driver.
Discipleship Is A Systems Pathway
- Discipleship is a systemwide pathway, not a single curriculum or program.
- Daniel M compares church systems to layered anatomy transparencies to show how cohesive systems produce reproducible disciplemaking.
