'Tentmaker', 'Non-stipendiary', and 'Bi-vocational'
Paul had a day job - or did he?
Paul is often used as an example of bi-vocational ministry:
"Paul went to see them, and, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together-by trade they were tentmakers. Every sabbath he would argue in the synagogue and would try to convince Jews and Greeks." (Acts 18:2-4).
Today, 'tentmaker' is shorthand for ordained minist…