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Back to EpisodesRethinking Ministry: The Power of Co-Vocational Leadership in Church Growth
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Pastor Robert Balduc shares his journey from corporate life at Ford to planting St. Peter Lutheran Church and becoming an intentionally co-vocational pastor maintaining his role at Volkswagen alongside ministry leadership.
• Coming from a corporate background before entering seminary and founding St. Peter in 2006
• Transitioning to a co-vocational model not from financial necessity but strategic choice
• Reducing staff expenses to just 22% of church budget, freeing resources for church planting
• Integrating workplace presence with pastoral ministry creates connections with unchurched people
• Focusing pastoral energy on three key areas: casting vision, preaching/teaching, and connecting with new people
• Creating an innovative men's ministry featuring "Beast Feast" events that draw non-church members
• Using masculine language and military metaphors to engage men in church life
• Developing a church multiplication model where growth leads to planting rather than expanding services
• Approaching co-vocational ministry from abundance rather than scarcity mindset
• Recognizing spiritual warfare intensifies during periods of significant ministry expansion
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